judaism
Studies involving Jewish Scripture, tradition, and theological themes with relevance to biblical interpretation.
A “Prophet” for Profit: More of Muhammad’s Inconsistencies Exposed Paid Members Public
The Quran explicitly states that jizya, i.e. a sum of money, was to be taken only from the “people of the Book,” e.g., Jews and Christians: O ye who believe! The idolaters only are unclean. So let them not come near the Inviolable Place of Worship after this
Jehovah Gets Pierced! Paid Members Public
The Hebrew Bible contains a remarkable prophecy, which is found in the book of Zechariah. The prophet foresaw the time when Israel would mourn for having committed the sin of piercing Jehovah their God! “The word of Yahweh concerning Israel: Thus says Yahweh, who stretched out the heavens and founded
OPEN CHALLENGE TO MUSLIMS: SHOW US WHERE THE QURAN MENTIONS CIRCUMCISION Paid Members Public
One will find many a Muhammadan polemicist claiming that Muslims are more faithful to Jesus, and by extension to the Mosaic Law, than Christians since the former observe circumcision, which God commanded Abraham and all his physical offspring to observe. Christians, on the other hand, do not get circumcised due
Can the death of a human being make atonement for sins? Paid Members Public
This short post is intended to supplement the following article where I documented from the Hebrew Bible that God does in fact accept human “sacrifice” as a means of atonement, specifically the death of the wicked: “Judaism and Human Sacrifice as a Means of Atonement” (https://www.answeringislam.net/Responses/
Refuting a Muslim Greenhorn on Q. 17:1 Paid Members Public
This is my response to the following post: https://bloggingtheology2.com/2019/04/14/feature-article-al-isra-and-the-temple-in-the-islamic-sources-a-response-to-sam-shamoun/. I will leave this reply here unless and until Paul Williams’ allows my rebuttal to be posted in the comments section. Time for me to expose quranbibleblog’s utter dishonesty and shameless perversion of his
Muhammad’s Visit to a Non-Existent Temple Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to cite various Muslim sources to provide further confirmation that, according to Quran 17:1, Muhammad actually visited the Temple in Jerusalem, which the verse calls masjid al-aqsa. The obvious problem with this assertion is that there was no Temple in Jerusalem at Muhammad’
The Rabbis Affirm the Divine Prehuman Existence of the Messiah! Paid Members Public
In this short post, I am going to cite the rabbinic interpretation of particular OT texts in order to show that even specific rabbis believed in and affirmed the divine, prehuman existence of the Messiah. For instance, the rabbis understood that the following Psalm, which speaks of the Davidic Ruler
The Quran’s Confirmation of the Judeo-Christian Scriptures Paid Members Public
In this somewhat lengthy article we are going to cite some of the many verses of the Quran which acknowledge and testify that the original, uncorrupt Scriptures that God had given to the Jews and Christians were still in existence during the lifetime of Muhammad. The purpose of doing so