[Aside from the metaphor of a “bridge” between Judaism and Christianity (Jesus – the Bridge between Judeo-Christian Values), Rabbi Schmuley Boteach awakens us to the symbolism of a “hyphen” that has for so long been used in the phrase “Judeo-Christian” as though the two different major religions could actually attach to one another.  For sure, it is […]

[This is from the concluding chapters of Rabbi Schmuley’s KOSHER JESUS, where he presents Jesus as “a Bridge between Religions” and specifically the 2 religions reflected in the Christian Bible: Judaism from the Old Testament, and Christiantiy from the New Testament. Here are excerpts from Chapters 38 -39. While it is surprising to discover this […]

[This is a MUST READ:  a Jewish perspective on the historical Jesus from the book KOSHER JESUS by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Featured here is only the Preface and Introduction; the Table of Contents at the end of this excerpt gives more information on the 40 Chapters of this book.  It is downloadable on the kindle app […]

[This brief discussion is from  A History of the Jews by Christian historian Paul Johnson; he discusses the difference in dogmatic theology where Christianity had problems formulating while it was relatively absent from rabbinical Judaism. This book as been featured as MUST READ and MUST OWN, downloadable as ebook from amazon.com; reformatted for posting.]   Equally important, however, was […]

[What does “Canon” mean? How was the Canon of the TNK chosen and put together?What part of the Canon of the Hebrew Scriptures are YHWH’s very words, and which are men’s?  This book endeavors to answer those and all other questions that come to mind such as reliability of the Canon, etc.  This book is […]

Jonathan Sacks is the Chief Rabbi of the British Orthodox Synagogues. He has published about 10 books and maintains a website www.chiefrabbi.org. We have featured another of his books as MUST READ:  To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility.  This series is his running commentary on the five books of the TORAH. ————————————————————————————– Publication […]

[Downloadable as an ebook from amazon.com; here are the details about the book from amazon.com] From Library Journal Editor:  Susannah Heschel has compiled, edited, and written a biographical introduction to this first collection of the essays of her father, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-72), a noted scholar and theologian but also an activist in civil […]

As It Is Written is an ebook downloadable from amazon.com.  It is authored by Shawn Lichaa who combined his writings with two other Karaites Nehemiah Gordon and Meir Rekhavi to explain the Judaism they have embraced which appears to take a purist approach to the interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures.  Purist, in the sense that […]

Don’t pass up this opportunity to get a free copy of this excellent book; it is downloadable from amazon.com on the kindle app; if you don’t have a kindle, just download the kindle app, also a download from amazon.com.   Not because it is free but because it is a treasure find, worth the read! […]