midrash
Explanations of Jewish interpretive traditions and how midrashic readings illuminate Scripture.
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
RABBINIC DISTORTION OF SCRIPTURE Paid Members Public
GOD STANDS AT ABRAHAM’S DOOR In this post I will provide an example of how rabbinic Judaism deliberately perverts the plain reading of the Scriptures. I will be using the case of Genesis 18-19 where the narrative explicitly states that YHWH God and two other individuals appeared to Abraham
THE RABBIS ON ISAIAH 7:14 Paid Members Public
The prophet Isaiah announced that a specific virgin will give to birth to Immanuel, “Then Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ‘Ask a sign for yourself from Yahweh your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.’ But Ahaz said, ‘I will not ask, and I will not
MELCHIZEDEK REVISITED Paid Members Public
In this post I extract the section on Melchizedek from James Kugel’s book, Traditions of the Bible: A Guide to the Bible as It Was at the Start of the Common Era, Chapter 8. Melchizedek (GENESIS 14:17-20), published by Harvest University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts/London, England, in 1998.
THE WORD, MESSIAH & TARGUM OF ISAIAH Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing particular chapters and verses from Isaiah and contrasting them with the Aramaic paraphrase known as Targum Pseudo-Jonathan. The Targum was produced by Jews for the benefit of their countrymen who could only understand Aramaic. This paraphrase of Isaiah gives us an insight into
Prayers of Jews to Angels and Other Intermediaries Paid Members Public
During the First Centuries of the Common Era MEIR BAR-ILAN I. Introduction It has been claimed that angels with divine power have no place in Judaism, a monotheistic religion, as the strength of such a religion lies in the exclusivity of the divinity.1 Angels can thus be no more