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Originally Posted by YP0534
Scant evidence for making the connection between the two "elderships," however. "Almost certainly" doesn't quite do it for me,...
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Doesn't cut it for me either. The case is well footnoted (w/ scripture) all the way up until making this crucial link, which is supported, it seems, by "well, duh...right?"
But there is an element of "duh, of course the structure was inhereted from Judaism." The more important question then would be: well, which way does that little fact cut?
I just read an article about how much Jesus utilized the synagogic structures for the spread of his ministry - as evidence that Jesus condoned the perpetuation of that structure even after the gospel...
I'll write more thoroughly on why I disagree...
Peter