judaism
Studies involving Jewish Scripture, tradition, and theological themes with relevance to biblical interpretation.
Jeconiah’s Curse Becomes Messiah’s Blessing! Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to refute the following objection that anti-missionary Jewish polemicists employ to deceive people into thinking that Jesus is not the Messiah that the Hebrew Bible prophesied would come into the world: 2. Joseph could never pass on by adoption that which he doesn’t
Refuting One Muhammadan’s Rabbit Trails Paid Members Public
I am going to repost my challenge to a rather vile Muhammadan who wrote a post attacking the Bible for a supposed error concerning its teaching that rabbits chew the cud (https://bloggingtheology2.com/2018/12/07/on-rabbits-and-rumination-a-response-to-christian-interpretations-of-leviticus-115-6/). Suffice it to say the Muhammadan never answered my challenge, and after
Paul and the Concept of a Dying and Rising Messiah Paid Members Public
Muslim polemicist and blogger Paul Bilal Williams posted a response (https://bloggingtheology2.com/2018/12/06/my-reply-to-paul-and-the-depths-of-jewish-hermeneutics-by-denis/) to Catholic apologist and philosopher Denis Giron’s blogpost (https://bloggingtheology2.com/2018/12/04/paul-and-the-depths-of-jewish-hermeneutics/) where he shows how Paul’s method of interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures is essentially identical with the
Rabbinic Judaism and the Plurality of God Paid Members Public
In this short post I will be citing two sources to affirm that words such as Elohim (“God”) and echad (“one”) were even understood by Jewish authorities as pointing to a plurality within the Godhead, that the one God exists as a plurality of divine powers and manifestations. Elohim and
OT Proof That Echad Does Not Point to God Being Uni-Personal Paid Members Public
The following verse functions as the creed, or confession of faith, which the Israelites were to live by: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one (echad) Lord:” Deuteronomy 6:4 Oftentimes, anti-Trinitarians will cite this text as proof that God is a singular Person, not just a singular
The Sons of God of Deuteronomy 32:8 Revisited Paid Members Public
This is a follow up to my post on the identity of the sons of God in Deuteronomy 32:8 /2018/10/28/the-sons-of-god-of-deuteronomy-328-angels-or-the-children-of-israel/. Someone quoted a “scholar” who appealed to the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan to prove his point that even the Jews that translated the Pentateuch into Aramaic viewed the
The Sons of God of Deuteronomy 32:8: Angels or the Children of Israel? Paid Members Public
According to Deuteronomy, God divided the nations in respect to his people, the children of Israel: “When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.” Deuteronomy
Atonement and the Apocrypha: Some Questions Concerning the Deutero-Canonical Books Paid Members Public
In this post, I will highlight some of the reasons why I have a difficulty accepting the Jewish apocrypha writings as sacred Scripture. My purpose is not to offend the Christians who do view these books as God-breathed revelations. Rather, my intention is to showcase some of the problems I