torah
Explorations of the Torah’s teachings, historical context, and theological foundations.
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
REVEALING THE IDENTITY OF ISRAEL’S LORD GOD Paid Members Public
The Scriptures testify that YHVH or Jehovah is the only true God: “For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law, but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found
The Greek Quran Confirms That Allah Revealed the Holy Bible Paid Members Public
A typical Muslim objection is that the Quran nowhere confirms the Bible since the term Bible is never mentioned within the Islamic scripture. Nothing could be further from the truth since the Quran repeatedly makes reference to the Book (Arabic – kitab) given to the Jews and Christians. What Muslims and