judaism
Studies involving Jewish Scripture, tradition, and theological themes with relevance to biblical interpretation.
RABBINIC PERVERSION OF SCRPTURE Paid Members Public
Another clear example where the rabbis perverted the explicit, plain reading of the Hebrew Bible is found in the following Talmudic reference: עָמַד רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ עַל רַגְלָיו וְאָמַר: ״לֹא בַשָּׁמַיִם הִ
RABBINIC DISTORTION OF SCRIPTURE Paid Members Public
GOD STANDS AT ABRAHAM’S DOOR In this post I will provide an example of how rabbinic Judaism deliberately perverts the plain reading of the Scriptures. I will be using the case of Genesis 18-19 where the narrative explicitly states that YHWH God and two other individuals appeared to Abraham
THE CHRISTIAN SHEMA Paid Members Public
In this post I will show how the inspired [N]ew [T]estament writers take the monotheistic confession found in the Hebrew Bible and expanded it to include Jesus within the divine identity of the one true God of Israel. I will be including translations of both the Hebrew and
YHWH: THE ONLY TRUE ELOHIM Paid Members Public
In this post I share some of the manifold verses that go out of their way to affirm that YHWH the God of Israel is the only true God whom all nations are commanded to worship and serve. YHWH is the name of the only true God. “Then Moses said
THE RABBIS ON ISAIAH 7:14 Paid Members Public
The prophet Isaiah announced that a specific virgin will give to birth to Immanuel, “Then Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ‘Ask a sign for yourself from Yahweh your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.’ But Ahaz said, ‘I will not ask, and I will not
A MESSIANIC SCHOLAR ON JESUS’ VIRGIN BIRTH Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are taken from Messianic Jewish scholar and translator Dr. David H. Stern’s Jewish New Testament Commentary, published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. 1992. All emphasis mine. 20 Adonai, literally, “my lords”; but grammarians consider it the “plural of majesty”; so a slightly less literal translation
JOSEPHUS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE Paid Members Public
Here I share what first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus wrote concerning some of the supernatural signs and omens that occurred before and during the siege and destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, including heavenly signs seen by the populace as the Temple was being destroyed. The following excerpt is
MELCHIZEDEK REVISITED Paid Members Public
In this post I extract the section on Melchizedek from James Kugel’s book, Traditions of the Bible: A Guide to the Bible as It Was at the Start of the Common Era, Chapter 8. Melchizedek (GENESIS 14:17-20), published by Harvest University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts/London, England, in 1998.