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“paul’s Stance On The Torah Revisited: Gentile Addressees...

According to Acts, there seems to be no contradiction in the time of messianic redemption between the exemption from the Torah’s ritual precepts of those Gentiles who have become part of the Jesus movement and the continuing faithfulness of Jewish believers in Jesus to these precepts (Acts 15:1–29; 21:18–25). Moreover, the tragic Stephen episode in […]

Why Not One Law For Everyone? (by Derek Leman)

Derek Leman, a messianic rabbi from Atlanta, GA in this guest post for Jewish Studies for Christians deals with an issue of whether or not Jews and Gentiles are bound by the same commandments. While there are other well-argued opinions, I am happy to present his post to you for your careful consideration and engagement. […]

Introduction To Gospel Written Down By Mark

This is a very exciting time for me personally. I just finished writing a book called “The Kind of All Israel: My Journey through the Gospel of John” and my heart is longing now to begin a new adventure. This time I invite you to travel to Jesus through the road map we have come […]

What Does Judah Mean In Hebrew? (video Insight By Dr. Eli...

What does Judah mean in Hebrew? To find out check out this short video.

The Soloveitchik Who Loved Jesus (by Shaul Magid With A Link To...

The Soloveitchik Who Loved Jesus: A Yale president’s forebear was an enigmatic and pro-Christian member of the famed rabbinic dynasty. Peter Salovey’s recent appointment to the presidency of Yale University, founded by Congregationalist ministers, was cause for celebration for those who admire the Soloveitchik dynasty, an illustrious family of rabbis from Lithuania that includes Rabbi […]

Reconsidering The Samaritan Woman – By Dr. Eli...

Jesus’ surprising journey through hostile and heretical territory has a meaning beyond any surface explanation. In a very real sense, God’s unfathomable plan and mission from the time His royal son was eternally conceived in the mind of God, was to bind in redemptive unity all of his beloved creation. Jesus was sent to make peace between God and people as well as between people and people. The accomplishing of this grand purpose began with an uncomfortable encounter between Jesus and those who practically lived next door – the Samaritans.

Loving Or Liking? (hebrew Insight)

When people asked Jesus about the greatest of all commandments, he answered without hesitation. Jesus just like Rabbi Hillel before him affirmed that both of the commandments had to do with love – One was to be directed to the One True God and another to God’s imperfect people. As you know, there are all […]

What Does Rainbow Mean In Hebrew?

Video Insight of the Week: What does Rainbow mean in Hebrew? The Hebrew word for Rainbow is קֶשֶׁת — Qeshet Interestingly enough Keshet, other than Rainbow, also means a war bow. We can easily see the connection between Rainbow and a bow in English, but since it is one and the same word in Hebrew […]

An Interview With Ariel Cohen Alloro (a Jewish Hassid That Thinks...

There are all kinds of somewhat strange (and really strange) things about this video and about Ariel Cohen Alloro. But it is surely intriguing to watch it and no doubt would be interesting to discuss it too within our study group. (You will have to get over the two participants’ interrupting each other a lot […]

“the Epistle Of James As A Witness To Broader Patterns Of...

The authorship, addressees, and setting of the New Testament Epistle of James remain disputed. In church tradition, the dominant position is held by the attribution of the Letter to James, Jesus’ brother (or cousin)—the person mentioned in Matt 13:55–57 and Mark 6:3–4 (absent from the Lukan parallel in 4:16–30). It deserves notice that in both […]

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