torah
Explorations of the Torah’s teachings, historical context, and theological foundations.
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
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