For better viewing click here. CHAPTER THREE For those of you who are just joining in. Our study group began a new initiative. We started reading books together and discussing them online. Thank you everyone for wonderful participation so far! The previous discussions about Chapter 1 & 2 are available in the section “Good Reads”. […]
52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks […]
CHAPTER TWO For those of you who are just joining in. Our study group began a new initiative. We started reading books together and discussing them online. Please, secure your copy and begin reading the book. (I found a downloadable free copy here and a hard copy here.) I also suggest that you read the […]
CHAPTER ONE Since yesterday’s response from study group members wanting to read this book and then discuss it online was so overwhelming, I decided that we can go ahead and start today! This week we will discuss the first chapter. (For those of you who are just joining in. Please, secure your copy and begin […]
NEW!!! Jewish Studies for Christians Study Group is starting something new and exciting today! Our group is now around 1500 people and one of the things we will do is read books together. Don’t worry no one has the time to read too many of them. 🙂 We will start by a book by Prof. […]
TL;DR: This blog post offers an alternative reading of the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4, re-examining the historical, geographical, and cultural context to shed new light on the encounter. Jesus and the Samaritan Woman: Rereading a Beloved Story The chapter that relates the story of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman […]
I must admit that for some time I have dreaded having to deal with this passage. The reason is not because this passage has been a subject of age long debates within Christian circles as to the meaning of eating the body and drinking the blood, but rather because I keep coming back to a sense of intense personal discomfort with the whole idea.
The Hoi Ioudaioi asked how was it possible that Jesus came down from heaven, since they knew his parents from Nazareth’s village life. At first, this seems like an honest question with no hidden agendas. However, as we continue to read, we see Jesus (who sees the hearts of men), accuse them of grumbling among themselves. It is important that we note the literary connection with the Israelite grumbling in the desert.
While I can not say that I agree with the all final conclusions (what scholar would admit it even if he did?!), I find this selection of arguments by Prof. John Robinson very stimulating and helpful. I think you would too https://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/john_robinson.pdf He authored them in 1962 way before everyone else got serious about rediscovering […]
So, imagine the same Jesus who told the Samaritan woman that he was the Messiah, expected by all the ancient Israelite movements, who now says to the representatives of the Jerusalem Temple authorities in Galilee – I will not lose anything my Father has entrusted me – not any group under the Ancient Israelite umbrella. In a sense he is saying, “I have not come only for Judeans, or only for Samaritans, or only for Essenes or exclusively for any other single Jewish/Israelite group. I have come as a true King of Israel to reunite and lead ‘all Israel’ out of exile to the long awaited redemption.”
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