David Wilber and R.L. Solberg recently debated whether Acts 15 requires Gentiles to be Torah observant. They both agreed that the four prohibitions come from Leviticus 17-18. In this episode, I demonstrate that Wilber's Hebrew Roots argument is weak and unfounded in Acts 15 and that they mistakenly claim that all four prohibitions are commandments taken from Leviticus 17-18. I also offer a more plausible way of understanding the four prohibitions and what James meant when he said "For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues." Enjoy!
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00:00 - Intro and goals of the video
01:23 - David Wilber's Position and Core Argument
03:54 - Wilber's strange caveat
08:15 - Critiquing Wilber's Key Claims about the Four Prohibitions
29:50 - Critiquing Wilber's Interpretation of Acts 15:21
37:27 - My hypothesis about the Four Prohibitions
1:01:30 - My hypothesis about Acts 15:21
1:03:13 - What about progressive teachers like Matthew Vines?
Link to their Acts 15 debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVdfMV92alM
Link to Wilber's video where he says Gentiles ought to do "basically all the same commandments" as native born Israelites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4ls3e5fL-c
Bibliography:
Ben Witherington, “NOT SO IDLE THOUGHTS ABOUT EIDOLOTHUTON”; The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary
S.G. Wilson, Luke and the Law
Brian Rosner, Temple Prostitution in 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
A. J. M. Wedderburn, “The 'Apostolic Decree': Tradition and Redaction”
A. F. J. Klijn, “The Pseudo-Clementines and the Apostolic Decree”
