Jesus, the Sabbath and the Jewish Debate Healing on the Sabbath in the 1st and 2nd Centuries CE

includes index and biblioraphy

Problem of Healing in Judaism .......1 An Overview of the Sabbath events in the gospels.17 The sabbath and post-sabbath healing events in the Gospels...............27 Sabbath healing in the Gosples: Summary of Conclusions of Chapter 3..........201 The terms and arguments of R. eleazar B. Azariah, R. Akiva and R. Ishmael and their school .........230 Direct interactions between R akiva And matthew? ..............270 Second - century interpretations of Biblical verses based on Pentateuchal Jewish law...288 Two symbolic seals of Approval from the amoraim......301 Specificity versus generality: Test cases for dating early specific tannaitic directives in relation to later general directives.................317 Other indications for dating : The modification of tannaitic directives on Healing the modification of Tannaitic Directives on healing ............332 Estimated earliest dates of Composition of Tannaitic directives on Healing and /or saving life ......................356 A very brief summary of the history of the early jewish debate on acts of Healing and /or saving life and the contribution of the gospels and the historical Jesus to this jewish debate.........................424