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There's an indie film that's out called Christspiracy, about the historical Jesus and his real motivations for cleansing the temple. It has some interviews with biblical scholars like James Tabor, who argues that Jesus cleansed the temple because he was opposed to the sacrifices there, and that Jesus himself (and John the Baptist) were most likely vegetarians.
This would be ironic as many Christians later went on to interpret Jesus death sacrificially, especially in the west where it was seen as appeasing God's anger against sin. It has only been some Orthodox and Mainline Protestant theologians that have questioned the ethics of the notion of seeing Jesus death as a blood sacrifice.
This would be ironic as many Christians later went on to interpret Jesus death sacrificially, especially in the west where it was seen as appeasing God's anger against sin. It has only been some Orthodox and Mainline Protestant theologians that have questioned the ethics of the notion of seeing Jesus death as a blood sacrifice.
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