1. The Compulsive Observance of the Rules. 2. Encompassing the Sacred. 3. The Document of Documents: Circumcision. 4. The Urgency of Nonconformance. 5. Jesus’ Futile Sessions in the Temple. 6. Disruption: The Norm Not the Exception. 7. A Radical “Revolution” that Is Not Merely Political. 8. Sperm as “Essence”. 9. “Let the Dead Bury the Dead”. 10. Jesus and His “Forbidden” Discourse with His Mother. 11. The “Harshness” of Jesus on the Cross. 12. The Injustice of the Widow’s Social Status.
Jewish culture: religion overlaping, religion as originating moment, binding rules, social behavior, norms, anxiousness to return to favor with God, act of waiting. Circumcision: convenant between the male community and God. The marriage of God and Israel. Jesus revolution: filial obedience, blood-ties, individual relations, group, me/thee relationship with God, place and time to pray, God love, mediation mankind-God, barriers, funeral rituals, women fate.
