torah
Explorations of the Torah’s teachings, historical context, and theological foundations.
Doesn't the Bible degrade women, placing them on the level of animals and possessions? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question/Claim: Wives are included on a list of property with farm animals and houses in the Bible's version of the Ten Commandments. Doesn't this prove that the Bible degrades women, placing them on the level of
Did Paul slander the Law? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Paul spoke rudely of Gods Law when he wrote in Hebrews 7:18-19, 8:13 that it was obsolete and weak, thereby contradicting Psalm 19:7 which says that the Law is perfect.(1) Isnt Paul slandering the very Old
Did Jesus claim that salvation comes from observing the Law? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Didn’t Jesus plainly teach in his instructions to the young ruler that a person is saved by observing the Law? (Cf. Mark 10:19-20; Matthew 19:18-20; Luke 18:20-21) Yet Paul contradicts Jesus by saying that a person
Isn't Muhammad "that prophet" awaited by the Jews? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: The New Testament anticipates a Prophet to come, the one like Moses, along with the Christ and Elijah (cf. John 1:19-21, 25). Clearly these Jews were expecting the Prophet like Moses prophesied in Deuteronomy 18:15-19. Doesn’t this
What about God commanding the annihilation of the Amalekites? Paid Members Public
A Series of Answers to Common Questions Sam Shamoun Question: Christians condemn the Quran and Islam for all the violence taught therein, but say nothing about all the OT brutalities such as God commanding the utter annihilation of the Amalekites, including women, children and animals. Why this inconsistency? Answer: Trying
The Old Testament and Rape : Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:28-29 Paid Members Public
The Old Testament and Rape Sam Shamoun Some Muslims claim that the following passage from the Holy Bible condones rape: "If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl's
Muhammad and the Mosaic Law Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun The writing of this article was prompted by the claims of Muslim polemicist Jalal Abualrub and is an integral part of our response to him. We have separated this part out since this issue is of more general interest and should not be buried in a polemics rebuttal
Ishmael is not the Father of Muhammad Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun According to the Holy Bible Ishmael settled in Paran and married an Egyptian from whom he had twelve sons: "Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her