THE SIX-POINTED STAR - Name
... In this scholarly and deeply considered work, the author documents his provocative thesis that Judaism is not the religion of the Old Testament, but the newly formalized belief system of the Pharisees, which arose in Babylon with the commitment of the formerly oral “tradition of the elders” to writi ...
... In this scholarly and deeply considered work, the author documents his provocative thesis that Judaism is not the religion of the Old Testament, but the newly formalized belief system of the Pharisees, which arose in Babylon with the commitment of the formerly oral “tradition of the elders” to writi ...
How Green is Judaism? - Faculty Directory | Berkeley-Haas
... the biblical corpus itself, which extends over seven or eight centuries, as well as postbiblical exegesis contains not one normative view of nature but a variety of views. Many ancient and medieval Jewish texts both express and are consistent with a strong environmental ethic. Far from providing a b ...
... the biblical corpus itself, which extends over seven or eight centuries, as well as postbiblical exegesis contains not one normative view of nature but a variety of views. Many ancient and medieval Jewish texts both express and are consistent with a strong environmental ethic. Far from providing a b ...
Christian Theology`s Greatest Deficiency by Dr. David Stern
... Church doesn't know, don't expect the Jews to figure it out for them! I believe that Christianity has gone far astray in its dealings with the subject and that the most urgent task of theology today is get right its view of the Law. Christianity organizes systematic theology by subjects it considers ...
... Church doesn't know, don't expect the Jews to figure it out for them! I believe that Christianity has gone far astray in its dealings with the subject and that the most urgent task of theology today is get right its view of the Law. Christianity organizes systematic theology by subjects it considers ...
Examining Religious Identity through Literature
... denominations might be in conflict with each other. Orthodox Jews are of the conviction that they adhere to the Jewish practices and beliefs that existed from the time of Moses all the way through to the Rabbinic era up until the present day, without ever truly changing or adapting Judaism. Orthodox ...
... denominations might be in conflict with each other. Orthodox Jews are of the conviction that they adhere to the Jewish practices and beliefs that existed from the time of Moses all the way through to the Rabbinic era up until the present day, without ever truly changing or adapting Judaism. Orthodox ...
The Emergence of a Jewish-Feminist Spirituality
... Everything written or spoken after the Torah, including the Prophets and the later rabbinical writings and oral traditions, are really nothing more than commentaries on the original Torah. It is halakhah, then, understood in its broadest sense, that has helped to shape, form, nurture and fortify the ...
... Everything written or spoken after the Torah, including the Prophets and the later rabbinical writings and oral traditions, are really nothing more than commentaries on the original Torah. It is halakhah, then, understood in its broadest sense, that has helped to shape, form, nurture and fortify the ...
THE GIFTS AND THE CALLING OF GOD ARE IRREVOCABLE
... were defined by the same Jewish tradition in their everyday life. In his unique relationship with his heavenly Father, Jesus was intent above all on proclaiming the coming of the Kingdom of God. "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel" (Mk 1:15). Wi ...
... were defined by the same Jewish tradition in their everyday life. In his unique relationship with his heavenly Father, Jesus was intent above all on proclaiming the coming of the Kingdom of God. "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel" (Mk 1:15). Wi ...
Theological Questions Pertaining to Catholic
... heritage and were defined by the same Jewish tradition in their everyday life. In his unique relationship with his heavenly Father, Jesus was intent above all on proclaiming the coming of the Kingdom of God. “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel” ...
... heritage and were defined by the same Jewish tradition in their everyday life. In his unique relationship with his heavenly Father, Jesus was intent above all on proclaiming the coming of the Kingdom of God. “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel” ...
Canon 2 Handout B - Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church
... audiences with the Pope, which are in every instance prepared by the Commission. Besides direct contacts with Judaism the Holy See’s Commission also strives to provide opportunities within the Catholic Church for dialogue with Judaism and to work together with individual Bishops’ Conferences to supp ...
... audiences with the Pope, which are in every instance prepared by the Commission. Besides direct contacts with Judaism the Holy See’s Commission also strives to provide opportunities within the Catholic Church for dialogue with Judaism and to work together with individual Bishops’ Conferences to supp ...
Covenantal Nomism
... kept the Law to make themselves right with God. While this may have been true for some, the New Perspective at least opens the possibility that many Palestinian Jews kept the Law as a way of remaining under God’s covenant. In saying this, the New Perspective makes an important contribution to biblic ...
... kept the Law to make themselves right with God. While this may have been true for some, the New Perspective at least opens the possibility that many Palestinian Jews kept the Law as a way of remaining under God’s covenant. In saying this, the New Perspective makes an important contribution to biblic ...
i will pour out my spirit on all flesh (joel 3:1)
... Christianity. There were always some Jews of the post-biblical era who continued to believe that new prophets were appearing among them. The best known examples, John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth, were in any case Jews. However, this possible interpretation of R. Johanan's statement is not comp ...
... Christianity. There were always some Jews of the post-biblical era who continued to believe that new prophets were appearing among them. The best known examples, John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth, were in any case Jews. However, this possible interpretation of R. Johanan's statement is not comp ...
As American Jewish identity has become, less ethnic, the repair of
... tribe.1 The death and rebirth mythology of the Holocaust and the establishment of the state of Israel, so powerful for the years after the war and into the seventies, no longer holds for American Jews; we cannot base our everyday Jewish lives on the Shoah and the events that take place in the Holy L ...
... tribe.1 The death and rebirth mythology of the Holocaust and the establishment of the state of Israel, so powerful for the years after the war and into the seventies, no longer holds for American Jews; we cannot base our everyday Jewish lives on the Shoah and the events that take place in the Holy L ...
Nancy Calvert-Koyzis, Paul, Monotheism and the People of God
... Koyzis’s inventory of texts as an anti-idolater and the first true monotheist comes out clearly and it is not disputed that this understanding pervaded early Jewish and Christian traditions. Calvert-Koyzis begins her analysis of each source with a sociohistorical introduction, followed by an exposit ...
... Koyzis’s inventory of texts as an anti-idolater and the first true monotheist comes out clearly and it is not disputed that this understanding pervaded early Jewish and Christian traditions. Calvert-Koyzis begins her analysis of each source with a sociohistorical introduction, followed by an exposit ...
christianity and judaism.1
... On the other hand the attitude of Reformed Judaism is a critical eclecticism, guided by the influence of modern thought, of Western civilization, and in some respects even of Christianity. It is not only prepared to abaudon the Rabbinical developments of Judaism, but it speaks of the ritual laws of ...
... On the other hand the attitude of Reformed Judaism is a critical eclecticism, guided by the influence of modern thought, of Western civilization, and in some respects even of Christianity. It is not only prepared to abaudon the Rabbinical developments of Judaism, but it speaks of the ritual laws of ...
New Perspective on Paul
... Stendahl asks, "does [Paul] ever intimate that he is aware of any sins of his own which would trouble his conscience? Far from being "simultaneously a sinner and a saint" (simul iustus et peccator), Paul testifies of his clear conscience: "Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: ...
... Stendahl asks, "does [Paul] ever intimate that he is aware of any sins of his own which would trouble his conscience? Far from being "simultaneously a sinner and a saint" (simul iustus et peccator), Paul testifies of his clear conscience: "Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: ...
printable PDF version
... 2. The second theocentric approach to observance also stresses the partnership of God and man. The Torah and the eternal ...
... 2. The second theocentric approach to observance also stresses the partnership of God and man. The Torah and the eternal ...
8: Historical Background: The Abrahamic Faiths
... All of the monotheistic faiths share a belief that God, the Creator, has “spoken” to humankind over time. The word for this divine communication is “revelation.” It comes from the word “reveal” (to make visible or apparent). Adherents of the Abrahamic religions believe that God revealed Himself to c ...
... All of the monotheistic faiths share a belief that God, the Creator, has “spoken” to humankind over time. The word for this divine communication is “revelation.” It comes from the word “reveal” (to make visible or apparent). Adherents of the Abrahamic religions believe that God revealed Himself to c ...
THE MESSIANIC IDEA IN HELLENISTIC JUDAISM by Dr. Yehoshua
... When Philo tells of the captors setting them free “for they were ashamed of ruling over their betters”, one has to see the ethic-pacifistic censuring with which he filters his sources, which probably told of military victories. The notion that political relationships need moral justification by the ...
... When Philo tells of the captors setting them free “for they were ashamed of ruling over their betters”, one has to see the ethic-pacifistic censuring with which he filters his sources, which probably told of military victories. The notion that political relationships need moral justification by the ...
Presentation - St John in the Wilderness Adult Education
... framework of a theology of a just and merciful God, man must survive the grave, or justice cannot be done. This world on its own hardly serves, for the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. … the righteous, who will stand in judgment and enter the world to come, must by definition encompass in th ...
... framework of a theology of a just and merciful God, man must survive the grave, or justice cannot be done. This world on its own hardly serves, for the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. … the righteous, who will stand in judgment and enter the world to come, must by definition encompass in th ...
EP Sanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism - S
... position in his understanding of “ Paul and Palestinian Judaism." Even a thorough reading of his book is not enough to precisely figure out Paul ’ s relation to Judaism. To say that the differεnce between Judaism and Christianity in Paul is insufficienr ...
... position in his understanding of “ Paul and Palestinian Judaism." Even a thorough reading of his book is not enough to precisely figure out Paul ’ s relation to Judaism. To say that the differεnce between Judaism and Christianity in Paul is insufficienr ...
Why at all do we need Halakhah
... There are two basic approaches to the service of God: love and fear. We are not dealing here merely with two different emotions between which one may alternate, but with two entirely different approaches to religious life. The approach of love sets as it ultimate goal intimacy with God and communion ...
... There are two basic approaches to the service of God: love and fear. We are not dealing here merely with two different emotions between which one may alternate, but with two entirely different approaches to religious life. The approach of love sets as it ultimate goal intimacy with God and communion ...
Judaism and Christianity - The Twain Shall
... Bible, though they are not organized in the same way (i.e., Torah, Prophets, Writings), nor do they appear in the same order. The Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Armenian and the Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Church include in their renditions of the Old Testament several a ...
... Bible, though they are not organized in the same way (i.e., Torah, Prophets, Writings), nor do they appear in the same order. The Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Armenian and the Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Church include in their renditions of the Old Testament several a ...
to a pdf of Reform Judaism in 1000 Words: Torah
... of Moses from Sinai) presents a position in which every story should be read as ‘true’ and every law as binding – for all of them come directly from God. In this model, the primary human exercise is to engage with the text – to engage in interpretation of this core work to understand what the law me ...
... of Moses from Sinai) presents a position in which every story should be read as ‘true’ and every law as binding – for all of them come directly from God. In this model, the primary human exercise is to engage with the text – to engage in interpretation of this core work to understand what the law me ...
613 Commandments - Grasping God Homepage
... Humble Jewish rabbis over the centuries have uncovered Isaiah 53 from its concealed position. Historically, many false teachers of Judaism, in their failure to reconcile this chapter with the truth, have instead buried it. Most Jews aren't aware of this practice by certain, befuddled Jewish rabbis. ...
... Humble Jewish rabbis over the centuries have uncovered Isaiah 53 from its concealed position. Historically, many false teachers of Judaism, in their failure to reconcile this chapter with the truth, have instead buried it. Most Jews aren't aware of this practice by certain, befuddled Jewish rabbis. ...
Principles of Judaism
... beliefs from their social, economic, or political lives. Each event in their history reflected God’s plan for them. In time the Israelites came to see themselves as a religious group. They began to collect their stories in what would become the Hebrew Bible. The religion we know as modern Judaism be ...
... beliefs from their social, economic, or political lives. Each event in their history reflected God’s plan for them. In time the Israelites came to see themselves as a religious group. They began to collect their stories in what would become the Hebrew Bible. The religion we know as modern Judaism be ...
reconstructionism_and_spiritual_life2
... exactly dynamic but the way we experience these truths is. Truths like: things come and go; there is pain; there is resilience; and so forth are in my mind in some essential way not dynamic, but the way we experience and interpret them is dynamic and the way they show up in our lives and communities ...
... exactly dynamic but the way we experience these truths is. Truths like: things come and go; there is pain; there is resilience; and so forth are in my mind in some essential way not dynamic, but the way we experience and interpret them is dynamic and the way they show up in our lives and communities ...