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Comparing The New Testament And The Mosaic Law

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“The New Testament’s variety of literary genres is paralleled by the diversity of its author's thoughts. Modern scholarship has increasingly come to realize that early Christians not only were an ethnically and theologically diverse group but also produced a literature, including the New Testament books, reflecting that diversity” (Harris, 2014).
Paul’s letters were mainly written towards the Gentiles and how they are free of the Mosaic Law, that they are no longer in bondage. Matthew, taught the opposite to the Jews of Antioch to convert them to Christianity by obeying the Mosaic Law. While, yet another group looked to follow the teaching of Jesus from the documents of Gospel of John.
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