midrash
Explanations of Jewish interpretive traditions and how midrashic readings illuminate Scripture.
RABBINIC JUDAISM & THE NEPHILIM Paid Members Public
The following quotes are from Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, Chapter 22 (https://www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_DeRabbi_Eliezer.22?lang=bi). These citations give us an idea of how some rabbinic authorities interpreted Genesis 6:1-4, which speaks of the sons of God cohabiting with the daughters of men. All emphasis
MIDRASHIC PSALMS ON GOD’S SPIRIT Paid Members Public
The following quotations are taken from the Midrash Tehillim. These citations show that even the rabbis believed that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person who speaks as and for YHWH God, All emphasis will be mine. PSALM 5 דבר אחר אל הנחילות. זה שאמר הכתוב (משלי ח כא) להנחיל
MESSIAH OF THE MIDRASHIC PSALMS Paid Members Public
The following quotations are taken from the Midrash Tehillim. What makes this interesting is that the Midrash attributes the following OT texts to the Messiah and/or his days: Genesis 49:8-12; 1 Samuel 2:10; Songs 4:8; Isaiah 4:5, 11:1-10, 16:5, 49:23, 57:19;
MESSIAH IN THE ARAMAIC PSALMS Paid Members Public
In this post I will cite specific Psalms, which the Aramaic paraphrase called the Targumim interpret as messianic prophecies. I will be employing Targum Psalms — a new translation by Edward M. Cook, 2001. All emphasis will be mine. PSALM 18 “He gives great salvation to His king, And shows lovingkindness
JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA ON THE MEMRA Paid Members Public
This post is taken from the following article: MEMRA (= “Ma’amar” or “Dibbur,” “Logos”). All emphasis is mine. MEMRA (= “Ma’amar” or “Dibbur,” “Logos”): By: Kaufmann Kohler “The Word,” in the sense of the creative or directive word or speech of God manifesting His power in the world of matter
WAS REBECCA REALLY 3? Paid Members Public
In this post I quote from a rabbinic Jewish source refuting the lie that Rebecca was three years old when Isaac married her. This will help to expose and silence all those Muhammadans who appeal to rabbis like Rashi who erroneously believed this lie. It is obvious why these Muslims
MOSES IS GOD & GOD’S A MAN OF GOD? Paid Members Public
In this post I will be highlighting some additional examples of rabbinic traditions which are quite baffling to say the least. The examples I present here will show how the rabbis either mishandled the Hebrew Bible or came up with some rather bizarre interpretations that are so far removed from
RABBINIC PERVERSION OF SCRPTURE Paid Members Public
Another clear example where the rabbis perverted the explicit, plain reading of the Hebrew Bible is found in the following Talmudic reference: עָמַד רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ עַל רַגְלָיו וְאָמַר: ״לֹא בַשָּׁמַיִם הִ