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Most modern readers assume that the enigmatic epithet is somehow related to the name of the Galilean village because of the similarities in their spelling, i.e.
The “How Much More” Rabbinic Principle of Interpretation in the Teaching of Jesus
Revised: 25-Sept-12
Throughout the history of Judaism, the Torah has been investigated and analyzed by means of various rules of interpretation. These hermeneutic (interpretative) principles are statements of deductive reasoning.
The sage Hillel, a contemporary of Herod the Great, compiled a list of seven such rules. We will focus upon the first in the list, קַל וָחֹמֶר (qal vāḥomer; “simple and complex,” “kal vahomer”). This is a logical deduction that can be drawn from a simple truth about a less obvious situation, or from something known about something unknown.
Cataloging the Gospels’ Hebraisms: Part Three (Impersonal “They”)
An example I discussed in my “Jesus and the Enigmatic ‘Green Tree'” is: “Ιf in the green tree these things they do….”
The Surprise of Finding Anti-Semitism in the Heart of the Early Church Fathers
The other disease which my tongue is called to cure is the most difficult… And what is the disease? The festivals of the pitiful and miserable Jews which are soon approaching.
— Saint John Chrysostom (349-407)
The worldwide Church, individually and corporately, needs to consider apologizing to the Jewish people as a result of anti-Semitic remarks by the Early Church Fathers as evidenced in the fourth century works of Saint John Chrysostom called Λόγοι Κατὰ Ἰουδαίων (Discourse Against the Jews).Joannis Chrysostomi, ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ, ΤΟΥ ΧΡΥΣΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ, ΤΑ ΕΥΡΙΣΚΟΜΕΝΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ (ed.
A Goy’s Guide to Ritual Purity
How to cite this article: Joshua N. Tilton, “A Goy’s Guide to Ritual Purity” Jerusalem Perspective (2014) .
Hebrew Nuggets, Lesson 15: Shalom (Part 1)
Jesus probably used this word in the same sense: “When a strong man fully armed guards his own dwelling, his belongings are in shalom” (Luke 11:21).
Jesus at the Center
On the evening of May 31, following a long illness, he passed over from an earthly dwelling to an eternal habitation—to be with the Lord whose kingdom he so forcefully proclaimed and about whom he so brilliantly taught.
Insulting God’s High Priest
Nevertheless, this is exactly the course we will pursue in finding the most cogent explanation for Paul’s enigmatic words.
Cataloging the Gospels’ Hebraisms: Part Five (Parallelism)
See Bivin, “Jesus and the Enigmatic ‘Green Tree.'”
Remember Shiloh!
Reading the larger context of Jeremiah 7:11, one encounters the following:
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place…. … But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel…I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, as I did in Shiloh.”
Treasures in Heaven
The image above shows Jonah being swallowed by the great fish as illustrated in the Kennicott Bible of 1476. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. In the Gospel of Luke we find an interesting sequence of verses: .
The men of Nineveh shall stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
The Amidah Prayer
FOR THE REBUILDING OF JERUSALEM Return in mercy to Jerusalem your city, and dwell in it as you have promised.
The Cross and the Jewish People
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“Of them that love Me and keep My commandments,” refers to those who dwell in the Land of Israel and risk their lives for the sake of the commandments.
One God and Lord
Sharing personal insights from his own spiritual journey and his study of the Scriptures, the late Dwight Pryor, founder of the Center for Judaic-Christian Studies, reflects on the life of Jesus for Christian readers of Jerusalem Perspective Online.
The restoration of the Jewish homeland, Israel, and the reconnection of the Church to its Jewish roots are not unrelated phenomena. Many sectors of the Body of Messiah today are being stimulated and enriched by the “nourishing sap” of Israel’s faith, scriptures and scholarship. We are discovering that there is scarcely a single New Testament subject that cannot be amplified, deepened, or balanced by a Hebraic perspective. As disciples of Yeshua, we are deeply indebted to Israel.
Jesus and the Essenes
There is a vast difference between the approach of the Essenes toward unbelievers, and that of Jesus and his disciples. The Essenes practiced extreme separatism, particularly forbidding economic relations with outsiders.
Did Jesus Save the Life of an Adulteress?
Not Everyone Can Be Yeshua’s Disciple
Matt. 8:19-22; Luke 9:57-62 (Huck 49, 138; Aland 89, 176; Crook 93, 195)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'”