judaism
Studies involving Jewish Scripture, tradition, and theological themes with relevance to biblical interpretation.
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
PSALM 22:16: LIONS ON THE PROWL OR A PIERCED MESSIAH? Paid Members Public
According to anti-Christian rabbi polemicists and other biblical critics, Psalm 22:16[17 in Jewish translations] is an instance where Christians supposedly corrupted the Hebrew text in order to turn it into a prophecy of the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus. Here’s how it reads in the King James
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN RABBINIC TRADITION Paid Members Public
In this short post I am going to cite certain authorities, which discuss the rabbinic Jewish view of the Holy Spirit. For instance, in rabbinic Judaism God’s Spirit is his very own Presence, his Shekhinah that fills the entire earth: “Another Rabbinic concept to indicate the nearness of God
Uniplurality in the Hebrew Scriptures Paid Members Public
How the Hebrew Scriptures Show One God with Multiple Persons By. Timothy W. Dunkin {Note: This article is taken from Dunkin’s now defunct website. I post it here for the benefit of the readers since it is an excellent discussion of the OT evidence for the multi-Personal nature of