12-Mar-2012, 10:41 AM
If you take the view that Jesus's new covenant overturned at least some Mosaic law, regarding dietary rules and circumcision and such, based on what Jesus said, which Mosaic laws are not overturned? If I remember correctly, Jesus exhorted people to "follow the commandments". Which commandments did he mean? The commandments that he had pronounced in other places in the Bible, the 600-some mitzvot of Mosaic law, or (as many Christians might interpret it) the ten commandments brought down by Moses on stone tablets? The first one makes the most sense in light of Christian thought, but it also seems to beg the question why Christians keep those books of laws that don't apply to them around, or quote them to justify what kinds of behavior Christians should follow (thinking about Leviticus's proscription against various sexual relations).