Episode 15: Woes Part 4--Blind Guides and Fools--The Maze of Oath Rules in First Century Phariseeism

So did you know that, according to the Pharisees' oath rules, you could swear not to eat anything, but eat a tarantula without having broken your oath?

This week we are going to delve into Mishnah Tractates Shevuot and Nedarim in order to figure out why Yeshua/Jesus was forbidding oaths, as were other Jewish factions in the first century, when they are commanded and used throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. What was going on here? And why did Yeshua label them as blind not once, but three times in this particular rebuke?

A shorter kid-friendlier video version of part of this teaching is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu8vzXb5uUw