judaism
Studies involving Jewish Scripture, tradition, and theological themes with relevance to biblical interpretation.
JESUS’ DIVINE SONSHIP AND BLASPHEMY Paid Members Public
According to the Scriptures, in particular John’s Gospel, the Jewish leadership wanted Pilate to kill Jesus for claiming to be the Son of God: “Then they led Jesus from the house of Ca′iaphas to the praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not enter the praetorium, so that
JWS, RABBIS & THE 2 YHWHS OF GEN. 18-19 Paid Members Public
This will be the final segment to my series discussing the clear, unambiguous witness of Genesis chapters 18-19 to the existence of two distinct divine Persons of YHWH, One of whom appeared on earth in the form of a Man and the other One that was in heaven: JW BIBLE
ANOTHER QURANIC BLUNDER: JEWS WORSHIP OSIRIS? Paid Members Public
The Quran states that the Jews are guilty of the same sin that Christians commit in worshiping a specific human figure as the son of Allah: And the Jews say: Uzair (Auzayrun) is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are
JESUS CELEBRATES HANUKKAH Paid Members Public
This will be a very short post. According to John’s Gospel, the Lord Jesus celebrated Hanukkah (Hebrew for dedication): “The feast of the Dedication[a] was then taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter.(B) [b]And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.
THE TRINITY IN THE ARAMAIC TARGUMS Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from the Aramaic paraphrases of the Hebrew Bible composed by Jews, called the Targums (Targumim). Targum is an Aramaic term meaning explanation/interpretation. These Jewish writings are vitally important since they give us an idea of how a certain segment of Judaism before,
THE TWO POWERS OF THE SAMARITAN RELIGION Paid Members Public
In this post I will be sharing some of the beliefs of the Samaritans to show this was another group that sprung forth from Israel which held/holds to a belief in two divine Powers. The specific Samaritan work I will be citing from shall be John MacDonald’s English
ISRAEL’S MULTIPERSONAL GOD Paid Members Public
In this article I will sum up the evidence from both the Hebrew Bible and the [N]ew [T]estament, which shows that Israel’s God eternally exists as a multi-Personal Being, particularly as three divine Persons. YHWH GOD IS ONE AND THERE IS NONE OTHER The [O]ld [T]
Jesus Forbids Sabbath Keeping Paid Members Public
Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes Jesus thought that destruction of the Sabbath observance by his Apostles was among the top items on his list to eliminate during his ministry to usher in the Kingdom of God. Jesus first exercises his loosing power over injustice or sin upon the allegedly non-workable Sabbath,