judaism
Studies involving Jewish Scripture, tradition, and theological themes with relevance to biblical interpretation.
Does the word Elohim in Genesis 1 point to God’s Triunity? Paid Members Public
This post is meant to go with my series titled Elohim and the Trinity https://answeringislam.net/authors/shamoun/elohim_trinity.html. The readers may already be aware of the fact that Elohim is a plural noun since the “im” at the end is a masculine plural suffix. This is
AN OPEN CHALLENGE TO MUSLIMS CONCERNING THE BIBLE Paid Members Public
The Quran emphatically testifies that one of its main functions is to confirm/bear witness to the textual reliability and authority of the very Scriptures that the Jews and Christians had with them during Muhammad’s time: O Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed
Abraham as Echad: Addressing a Muslim Objection Paid Members Public
A particular Muslim polemicist raised the following objection in response to the Christian understanding that the Hebrew word echad, which Deuteronomy 6:4 uses to describe the oneness of God, actually points to God being a complex or compound unity, as opposed to existing as a singular or absolute one:
How Rabbinic Judaism’s Belief in Two Messiahs proves that Jesus is the Christ Paid Members Public
It may come as a surprise to some of the readers to discover that rabbinic Judaism came up with a belief in two distinct Messiahs, namely, the Messiah son of Joseph (also called the son of Ephraim), and the Messiah son of David. The rabbis further taught that the Messiah
A Leading Jewish Rabbi Exposes the Duplicity of Jewish anti-Christian Missionaries! Paid Members Public
One of the leading rabbinic Jewish philosophers and scholars, the late rabbi Joseph Immanuel Schochet, candidly admitted in his review of a work by a fellow Jewish scholar that rabbis often employ weak (meaning not so honest) arguments to refute Christians which they know do not necessarily reflect the actual
The OT Evidence for God’s Uni-Plurality Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from my rebuttal to Muslim polemicist Abdullah Kunde which can be found here https://www.answering-islam.org/authors/shamoun/rebuttals/kunde/trinity1.html. In this section of my rebuttal, I cite the passages from the Hebrew Bible where plural nouns, pronouns, verbs, participles, etc. are
The Trinity in Genesis 3:5 and 22 Paid Members Public
More Evidence for God’s Uni-Plurality from the Hebrew Scriptures In this post I am going to provide further proofs from the Old Testament that the prophets knew and spoke of the one true God existing as a plurality of divine Persons, as opposed to being a uni-personal monad. My
An anti-Christian Rabbi Proves Muhammad is a false prophet! Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
We continue from where we left off /2018/06/20/an-anti-christian-rabbi-proves-muhammad-is-a-false-prophet-pt-1/. In this section we are going to deal with the texts that Singer uses to prove that the Servant of Isaiah 53 is the nation of Israel. We will try to quote from the very chapter that Singer himself