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+_Jesus the Jew_ (1977)
+A shift in viewpoint motivated in part by the need to acknowledge the
+Holocaust
+
+Importance to early Friends of hearing the living Word of God.
+The bible is a _witness_ to the Word, not the Word itself.
+
+[Samuel Fisher]
+
+Ordinary people struglling to make sense of and recount something
+inspiring, but complicated.
+
+[start with detox, e.g. wrt "God", "Jesus", "sin"]
+
+*Mark*
+
+Passionate, angry, active, _urgent_
+
+Jesus recognised as a prophet
+
+His mother and his brothers come to take him in charge
+
+Not always clear that it's not a _bad_ spirit moving the prophets...
+
+Surrounded by conflict and misunderstanding
+
+Recording the memories of Peter?
+(Matthew and Luke tidying up Mark...)
+
+Strong reactions, strong emotions, sometimes even fear and worry
+
+*Matthew*
+
+Sometimes making editorial decisions (redacting the family coming to
+take him in charge), but trying to be faithful to [Mark]
+
+Friction emerging between the the Jewish Christians and the wider
+Jewish community, which is beleaguered.
+
+After the year 65 rebellion and the destruction of the Temple
+
+How do we live the Law w/o the Temple?  When we're scattered?
+
+A King like David, a teacher like Moses.
+
+TA: 5:48 Not 'perfect', but all-embracing  [but c.f. Fox]
+
+Not so much _Kingdom_ of God as a place, but the _reign_ of God as a
+way of being.
+
+"there in the midst" -- c.f. two or three are gathered _studying the
+Torah_ God is there...