torah
Explorations of the Torah’s teachings, historical context, and theological foundations.
Who Really Follows Jesus? Muslims and the Issue of Swine Paid Members Public
This is a follow up to my previous post on Muslims and the issue of circumcision (/2019/05/04/open-challenge-to-muslims-show-us-where-the-quran-mentions-circumcision/). Another typical argument that Muslims employ to show that they follow Christ more so than Christians is that they refrain from eating the flesh of swine much like Jesus did
OPEN CHALLENGE TO MUSLIMS: SHOW US WHERE THE QURAN MENTIONS CIRCUMCISION Paid Members Public
One will find many a Muhammadan polemicist claiming that Muslims are more faithful to Jesus, and by extension to the Mosaic Law, than Christians since the former observe circumcision, which God commanded Abraham and all his physical offspring to observe. Christians, on the other hand, do not get circumcised due
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
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
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
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