tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post4778689948437167486..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The historical EnochRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-43237201737668015522016-04-24T18:23:28.248-04:002016-04-24T18:23:28.248-04:00I've had similar questions regarding the New T...I've had similar questions regarding the New Testament use of oral Jewish traditions. I am of the opinion, following Dr. Michael Brown, that an oral tradition couldn't have survived to the time of Jesus. (Think of the incident where they discovered the written Torah and had forgotten its contents.)<br /><br />So when the New Testament quotes Jewish oral tradition (midrash), I'm not sure if they are using that as real history but in a similar way that Jews used midrash. (I'm pretty sure midrash wasn't considered real history.)<br /><br />The flip-side of this is I don't want someone to turn around and say that Abraham wasn't a real person or Adam wasn't a real person even though Paul or Jesus uses them. I think the difference, if I'm correct, is that there was no expectation in the 1st century for those stories to be accurate history, but there was for Scripture.geoffrobinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949411893531888555noreply@blogger.com