torah
Explorations of the Torah’s teachings, historical context, and theological foundations.
DID THE PHARAOH OF THE EXODUS DROWN? Paid Members Public
Since some are going around claiming that the Holy Bible NOWHERE says that the Pharaoh of the Exodus drowned, I decided to write this short post and let the readers decide if this is true or not. Compare what the following biblical passages state in respect to God overthrowing the
DID THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH REMOVE THE “SECOND COMMANDMENT”? Paid Members Public
The Roman Catholic Church has been falsely accused of removing the “second commandment,” which prohibits the fashioning of images or idols of creatures wrongly viewed and worshiped as divine beings. It is stated that the Catholic Church removed this command in order to hide the fact that it is steeped
Is Mohammed Really Predicted in Deuteronomy 33:2? Paid Members Public
Answering Osama Abdullah’s Open Challenge #1 I came across this challenge on Osama Abdullah’s Answering Christianity website a while back, and had filed it away in my mental “to do” list, but then promptly forgot about it until this summer. Here Mr. Abdullah, a Muslim apologist of the
GOD’S SON IN TARGUM NEOFITI REVISITED Paid Members Public
This is a follow up post to my article where I discuss the Trinity in Targum Neofiti (TN for short): THE TRINITY IN TARGUM NEOFITI. TN contains a remarkable paraphrase of Genesis 1:1, where it is explicitly stated that YHVH has a Son who made creation in wisdom: From
PROTESTANT SCHOLARSHIP ON LUKE 1:26-56 AND MARY AS GOD’S ARK Paid Members Public
In this post, I will be citing the exegesis of Protestant expositors in regards to the language employed by Luke in recording the annunciation of, and subsequent reactions to, Jesus’ virginal conception. It has long been noted that Luke describes this miraculous event in a way that is strikingly reminiscent
THE TRINITY IN TARGUM NEOFITI Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting the interpretation of Genesis found in the Targum Neofiti, which is a Jewish paraphrase of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic. This ancient version furnishes evidence that there were specific non-Christian Jews that clearly saw from their reading of Genesis a plurality of divine
DID ABRAHAM KNOW GOD’S COVENANT NAME? Paid Members Public
A RESPONSE TO SHABIR ALLY This post is intended to complement what I wrote elsewhere in response to Shabir Ally: Did Jesus Claim to be God? Pt. 2. According to the Holy Bible, the patriarchs knew the Lord as God Almighty but hadn’t known him by his name YHWH:
JESUS CHRIST: THE ONE LORD OF THE SHEMA Paid Members Public
At the heart of the Hebrew Bible is the affirmation that only Jehovah is Israel’s God and that he alone is the Creator and Sustainer of all creation. What makes this interesting is that the Greek version of the OT Scriptures (commonly referred to as the Septuagint [LXX]) render