the hoi Iudaioi (Jewish Israelites) who saw the miracles were not able to see them as signs (Read here) and therefore, they did not believe (John 6.36); while the Samaritans (Samaritan Israelites), who did not see a single miracle of Jesus – “believed in him because of the woman’s testimony…” and “many more believed because of his (Jesus’) word.” (John 4.38-41)
16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Part of the problem is that we can only know with limited certainty where the miracle of feeding 5000 was performed. The most likely location is at the place where the travel of Jesus […]
My article (slightly longer than usual) on the Samaritan Woman has been getting a lot of attention lately from our readers judging from my blog reports. So, I decided to post this video to create even more. Once you watch this video that recasts the woman from sinner to saint (or at least a God-fearing […]
Prof. Menachem Fisch is a Joseph and Ceil Mazer Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Tel Aviv University and serves as a director of the Center for Religious and Interreligious Studies. I think what he has to say is good for all of us to hear and seriously consider. Those of you interesting […]
Shalom friends, If you are going to be in Israel next week, consider joining “God is on Our Side: Holy War and Sacred Struggle in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” conference. It will be held as a joint conference between Tel Aviv and Cambridge Universities. I am passing this info to you at the request of […]
28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” In the new rendition of the Sherlock Holmes films, Holmes and Dr. Watson are recast in a very different and one […]
Jesus puts off the excitement and zeal of the crowds once again, strongly letting them know they are not “getting” him. Contrary to how the situation appears, Jesus does not accuse the people here of simply having their physical needs met (food) rather than being interested in spiritual content (salvation). In my opinion, such interpretive dichotomy is simply incorrect. It is definitely foreign to the Jewish context in which the Gospel was originally authored. There is, however, a true dichotomy present. It is not the dichotomy between physical and spiritual, but rather the dichotomy between miracles and signs.
In his article, “Luther and ‘The Jews’: A Reappraisal” Dr. Christopher J. Probst (a visiting professor at Saint Louis University) deals with one of the most challenging and difficult issues in Christian History. How must today’s Protestant Christians understand and deal with the Anti-Jewish works and attitudes of one of their most beloved and inspirational […]
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Crucifixion is considered a deeply painful symbol in the modern Jewish mind and it was probably so in Chagall’s day as well. His mixture of crucifixion alongside intimate Jewish symbols is viewed by some as disturbing. Chagall, however, saw the crucifixion of Jesus as a symbol of Jewish suffering, inflicted unjustly by gentiles upon Jews.
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