You can\'t interpret scripture properly without understanding its context--and Jesus\' Judaism is the bedrock of the context.
The Sermon on the Mount does not read like a Sermon to most people.
Rabbi Jesus, following a p.
To Jewish students of an authoritative Rabbi of the Second Temple Period, it may have been surprising but it made perfect sense.
But that\'s not how it really is.
No announced topic, no bullet points, no summary...
It looks more like a winding, lazy river of unrelated platitudes.
You can\'t interpret scripture properly without understanding its context--and Jesus\' Judaism is the bedrock of the context.
The Sermon on the Mount does not read like a Sermon to most people