| − | The New Testament can be understood better through the eyes (perspective), among other things, of the Judaism of the First Century. | + | The New Testament can be understood better through the eyes (perspective), among other things, of the Judaism of the First Century. We can understand the New Testament best through the interplay of Old Testment, and contemporary Jewish understandings and practice, thus avoiding reading in from our own Post New Testament and Cultural perspectives. This will not only help to understand the New Testament, but to understand how to apply it rightly to our present situations. |