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In the medieval Toledot Yeshu folklore and traditions '''St. Peter''' (Shimeon Kepha Ha-Tzadik) has a pristine reputation as a greatly learned and holy man who established the Sunday Sabbath for [[God-Fearers]] (converted from among Gnostic heretics known as the watchers or Notzrim) instead of Saturday in the absence of the [[Yoveil]], Noel (as a new year feast but not as Christmas) instead of [[Hanukkah]], the Triumph of the Cross instead of [[Rosh Hashana]], Pascha (a firstfruits festival) instead of [[Pesach]], the feast of the circumcision {{Bibleverse||John|7:2|49|}} instead of [[Sukkot]] (The Jewish tradition places the birth of Peter's Rabbi [[Anush Uthra]] in September rather than December), and the [[Ascension]] for them instead of [[Shavuot]]. Orthodox Jewish author R. [[Harvey Falk]] (NY) wrote that R. [[Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg]], who led Germany's 12th-century [[Chasidei Ashkenaz]], considered him to be a ''Tzaddik'' (a Jewish saint or spiritual Master among [[Hasidim]]). The Tosaphist [[Rabbeinu Tam]] wrote that he was "a devout and learned Jew who dedicated his life to guiding gentiles along the proper path". Tam also passed on the traditions that St Peter was the author of the Sabbath and feast-day ''[http://headcoverings-by-devorah.com/Nishmat.html Nishmat]'' prayer, which has no other traditional author, and also that he authored a prayer for [[Yom Kippur]] after appearing before the Sanhedrin in order to prove his commitment to Judaism despite his work amongst Notzrim.
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:"This same R. Jacob Tam also expressed his belief that Peter (Simon Caiaphas), the first Pope, was a devout and learned Jew, who dedicated his life to guiding Christians along the proper path. R. Tam further maintained that Peter was the author of the Nishmat prayer recited on Sabbaths and Festivals, as well as a prayer for Yom Kippur ([[Mahzor Vitry]], edited by S.Hurwitz, 1923, p.285 note 5 and p. 362 note 5. CF. J. Eisenstein's articles on Simon Caiaphas in [[Otzar Israel]] and [[Otzar Midrashim]]). It may also be noted that R. Judah He-Hasid, leader of the twelfth century Hasidei Ashkenaz in Germany, also referred to Peter as a Pious man ("zaddik"; [[Sefer Hasidim]], no. 191)."<ref>page 34 of the Wipf and Stock Publisher's edition of New York Orthodox Rabbi Harvey Falk's book "Jesus the Pharisee: A new look at the Jewishness of Jesus" (copyright 1985 Paulist Press)</ref>
  
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Peter was instrumental in helping his new Noahides (first of all in Antioch) to establish not churches, but the courts of law required of them, and he himself acted as the required Jewish [[Abbot]] in such [[Bet Din]]s. This is how Peter came to be called Pope among the Umot Ha Olam.
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Peter himself belonged to the Jerusalem synagogue whose Nasi was Jakov Ha-Tzadik. Some argue that Jakov was not a Tzadik but a Zaddokite cousin of [[Anush Uthra]] on the same side of the family that Iuhana Ha-Matbil was. Others (e.g. Eusebeus) argue that Jakov was from the House of Jesse side of the family and equivalent to Israel's Exilarch at the time. In any event he was not much involved in Shimeon Kefa's work. Simon Peter's right-hand man was a pharisee who had changed his stance on Halakhah to the way of thinking that the Jerusalem Synagogue promoted and who went by the name of Saul of Tarsus. Sadly his fanatical past reputation turned out to be a thorn in his side that hindered Peter's work rather than helped it eventually leading to the secession of the Mandaeans before their noahidification was complete.
 

Revision as of 17:17, 20 August 2007

"This same R. Jacob Tam also expressed his belief that Peter (Simon Caiaphas), the first Pope, was a devout and learned Jew, who dedicated his life to guiding Christians along the proper path. R. Tam further maintained that Peter was the author of the Nishmat prayer recited on Sabbaths and Festivals, as well as a prayer for Yom Kippur (Mahzor Vitry, edited by S.Hurwitz, 1923, p.285 note 5 and p. 362 note 5. CF. J. Eisenstein's articles on Simon Caiaphas in Otzar Israel and Otzar Midrashim). It may also be noted that R. Judah He-Hasid, leader of the twelfth century Hasidei Ashkenaz in Germany, also referred to Peter as a Pious man ("zaddik"; Sefer Hasidim, no. 191)."[1]

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  1. ↑ page 34 of the Wipf and Stock Publisher's edition of New York Orthodox Rabbi Harvey Falk's book "Jesus the Pharisee: A new look at the Jewishness of Jesus" (copyright 1985 Paulist Press)
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