““Lately, I have been occupied with the Jewish position, which reproaches the New Testament writers with vigor for having falsely interpreted the Old Testament. I find that your theory is essential in finding a valid response to this criticism. If one considers the Old Testament as a mixture of sacrality [sacralité] and revelation, an argument with the letter of the OT becomes impossible. I think that the Jewish point of view does not take seriously enough the “contradictions” within the OT””
![“Even if Christ is our scapegoat, he is not that of the Father, and [so] the sacrificial understanding is always relative, while the absolute is that which is beyond all sacrifice. Tell me what you think. Is it that the definition of perfect love between the Father and the Son, or the identity of…” quote by Scott Cowdell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bb6/scott-cowdell-38548_learning_even-if-christ-is-our-scapegoat-he-is-no_2543991.jpg)
![“A text structured by the scapegoat effect cannot make a theme of this; [and in turn] a text that makes a theme of the scapegoat cannot be structured by this effect. In the gospels, Christ is so obviously the scapegoat of everyone [in the text] that he can no longer be the scapegoat of the text…” quote by Scott Cowdell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2ee/scott-cowdell-38548_quote_a-text-structured-by-the-scapegoat-effec_2664727.jpg)
