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Studies involving Jewish Scripture, tradition, and theological themes with relevance to biblical interpretation.

A Look at the Trinity From a Messianic Jewish Perspective Members Public

by Jews for Jesus July 03 1996 The Question To Whom it May Concern: Thank you for sending me ISSUES. I find it interesting to read other people’s viewpoints. I would like to continue my free subscription as long as you realize that I have no intention of believing

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE TRINITY IN TARGUM NEOFITI Members Public

In this post I will be quoting the interpretation of Genesis found in the Targum Neofiti, which is a Jewish paraphrase of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic. This ancient version furnishes evidence that there were specific non-Christian Jews that clearly saw from their reading of Genesis a plurality of divine

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MESSIANIC PROPHECIES PT. 3: THE TIME OF MESSIAH’S APPEARANCE Members Public

There are two passages in the Hebrew Bible which speak of God doing something amazingly miraculous during the second Temple. The first comes from the book of Haggai: “In the seventh [month], on the twenty-first of the month, the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet, saying: Say

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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RABBINIC JUDAISM ON THE TIME OF MESSIAH’S APPEARANCE Members Public

In this post I will quote some of the statements of Jewish rabbis who, on the basis of texts such as Daniel 9:24-27, believed that the Messiah was supposed to show up right around the same time that Jesus appeared on the scene claiming to be the Messiah of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Messiah Revealed Pt. 1 Members Public

The following study will be a comparison between the concept of Messiah as outlined in the Hebrew Scriptures and that of the Christian New Testament documents. The purpose of this exposition will be to expound upon the Jewish teaching on Messiah in contrast with that of Christianity. The Hebrew Bible

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Jewish Talmud Confirms Jesus’ Messiahship Members Public

And the Inspiration of the New Testament! The Talmud explains that the second temple was destroyed for baseless hatred: אֲבָל מִקְדָּשׁ שֵׁנִי שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹסְקִין בְּתוֹרָה וּבְמִצְוֹת וּגְמִילוּ

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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DID ABRAHAM KNOW GOD’S COVENANT NAME? Members Public

A RESPONSE TO SHABIR ALLY This post is intended to complement what I wrote elsewhere in response to Shabir Ally: Did Jesus Claim to be God? Pt. 2. According to the Holy Bible, the patriarchs knew the Lord as God Almighty but hadn’t known him by his name YHWH:

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Abrahamic Religion and the Trinity Members Public

By Father Christian W. Kappes Introduction Abstract (Summary) The religion of Abraham is appealed to by Jews, Christians, and Muslims as the source for their knowledge of the one God. It is a misconception that First Temple and Second Temple Jews spoke and interpreted the Scriptures to exclude the fact

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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