[I started to write an article with exactly this title, only to discover we had already posted one on April 29,2014 from our MUST READ book: Kosher Jesus, by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, specifically Chapter * with the original title “Jesus Never Claimed to be Divine.” Who better than a Rabbi is qualified to make such […]
Read more[Since we have resurrected the whole series on the origins of the messiah idea, this is revived from its 2013 first posting. This is part of the series about the Jewish messiah and whether the Christian messiah fulfills the original criteria. Here’s part of the introduction: Finally, the pièce de résistance! The question is […]
Read more[Originally posted in 2012, reposted 2015. We revisit every Holy Week.—Admin 1.] —————– Matthew 27:50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom . . . . What does this NT […]
Read more[First posted in 2015, one of our resurrected posts discussing Christianity’s “Easter” Story which includes a betrayal of the Savior by one of the 12. Here’s the original introduction: “What could possibly be ‘good news’ coming from ‘bad news’ Judas, the infamous betrayer of the Christian Savior who ‘ID-d’ his Master with a kiss? This Foreword by […]
Read more[This is from one of our favorite resources: Synagogue Without Walls. It is listed on our links: http://rootsoffaith.org. When we read articles we’re dying to share, we feature them here among the posts written by our core community and a few guest contributors. Aside from this article, we’ve listed at the end more articles from this […]
Read more[We offer no discussion here, simply Scripture verses. Translations: For the Torah, Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; for the TNK, AST/Artscroll Tanach, for the New Testament, ESV/English Standard Version.] Genesis/Bereshith 22:7-8 7 Yitzhak said to Avraham his father, he said: Father! He said: Here I am, He said: Here are the fire and the wood, […]
Read more[This is part of our series on THE OTHER, i.e. the UNchosen or anyone who is not in the line of the CHOSEN, the line of Jacob/Israel. Related posts: The UNchosen – Esau/Edom – A Second Look The UNchosen — “Call me Ishmael” The UNchosen – My servant Caleb – a different spirit We Sinaites […]
Read more[We have entered the Christian season of Lent, leading to its culminating Passion Week and 4 days of Easter. This article first posted in 2014 , reposting every year. It is part of the series MUST READ/MUST OWN resource, Rabbi Schmuley Boteach’s Kosher Jesus. Please refer to earlier posts from this same book.- Did Jesus ever […]
Read more[This concludes Chapter 8: Jesus of Charles Freeman’s The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason. Related articles from this MUST READ book are: In search of the Historical Jesus – 3 – “all things to all men” In search of the Historical Jesus 2 – A reconstruction from the […]
Read more[We offer no discussion here, simply Scripture verses. Translations: For the Torah, Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; for the TNK, AST/Artscroll Tanach, for the New Testament, ESV/English Standard Version.] Genesis/Bereshith 22:7-8 7 Yitzhak said to Avraham his father, he said: Father! He said: Here I am, He said: Here are the fire and the wood, […]
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