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Question: I have been reading your stuff on the seat of
Moses. I am still confused. According to Isaiah 11,
the power to "bind and loose" was given to the King's
prime-minister (shall we say), who in this case was
Eliazar. Now from reading what you have written on
the seat of Moses, and those who sat therein, one would
expect Eliazar to have been a high priest since, those
who sat on the seat of Moses (in the fullest sense) were
high priests. But was Eliazar even a high priest?
Question: I searched my Church Fathers CD-ROM and cannot find
anyone saying the phrase "Chair of Peter" has a local or
regional sense. Do you have a citation for this?
Question: Can you give me some citation on these? I have
been reading on the development of the OT canon and I have not
seen any reference to a 200 BC Sanhedrin decision (wasn't 2
Maccabees written in 100 BC?). Are you speaking of the
"Great Synagogue" theory (c. 400 BC)? Also, I cannot
find any reference to the Chair of Moses other than Scott
Hahn's tape.
Question: Could you assist us in obtaining background information
regarding the Seat of Moses? We are looking for Jewish
foundation. We would appreciate any direction. Thanks
and God Bless.