Vowing Away the Fifth Commandment
... one's neighbor." V. Philo Philo of Alexandria, who lived from about 20 BCE to 50 CE, provides still another link in the tradition concerning vows.15 He regularly uses eu]xh< and [email protected] for "vow."16 His most extensive treatment of vows occurs in On the Special Laws. In 1.247-54 he discusses the `gr ...
... one's neighbor." V. Philo Philo of Alexandria, who lived from about 20 BCE to 50 CE, provides still another link in the tradition concerning vows.15 He regularly uses eu]xh< and [email protected] for "vow."16 His most extensive treatment of vows occurs in On the Special Laws. In 1.247-54 he discusses the `gr ...
Restoration Quarterly 42 (2000) 193
... one's neighbor."14 V. Philo Philo of Alexandria, who lived from about 20 BCE to 50 CE, provides still another link in the tradition concerning vows.15 He regularly uses eu]xh< and [email protected] for "vow.”16 His most extensive treatment of vows occurs in On the Special Laws. In 1.247-54 he discusses the ' ...
... one's neighbor."14 V. Philo Philo of Alexandria, who lived from about 20 BCE to 50 CE, provides still another link in the tradition concerning vows.15 He regularly uses eu]xh< and [email protected] for "vow.”16 His most extensive treatment of vows occurs in On the Special Laws. In 1.247-54 he discusses the ' ...
Judaism— Revelation of Moses Or Religion of Men?
... Judaism’s own cherished writings: the Mishnah, the Talmud, the “Code of Jewish Law,” and sundry classic rabbinic works. Yet, while similar books are more of a diatribe against Jews, Neal’s book is straightforward, fair and balanced—and only seeks to reveal what Judaism actually teaches. As the reade ...
... Judaism’s own cherished writings: the Mishnah, the Talmud, the “Code of Jewish Law,” and sundry classic rabbinic works. Yet, while similar books are more of a diatribe against Jews, Neal’s book is straightforward, fair and balanced—and only seeks to reveal what Judaism actually teaches. As the reade ...
But whatever the exact meaning of these two reasons given by the
... not because there is anything wrong with either one of them. This is quite typical of the Ramban. The Ramban sees nothing unusual in explaining a verse in more than one way, and similarly he sees nothing strange in answering the question, "what is God's purpose in giving this mitzva?", with more tha ...
... not because there is anything wrong with either one of them. This is quite typical of the Ramban. The Ramban sees nothing unusual in explaining a verse in more than one way, and similarly he sees nothing strange in answering the question, "what is God's purpose in giving this mitzva?", with more tha ...
Yom Kippur Notes - Summer 08 - for PDF
... about the small stuff and take time to do the things that really matter. In the end, the characters find out that they are fine and are left feeling like the whole experience was a gift. ...
... about the small stuff and take time to do the things that really matter. In the end, the characters find out that they are fine and are left feeling like the whole experience was a gift. ...
The Day of At-One-Ment
... small stuff and take time to do the things that really matter. In the end, the characters find out that they are fine and are left feeling like the whole experience was a gift. The original scrooge ...
... small stuff and take time to do the things that really matter. In the end, the characters find out that they are fine and are left feeling like the whole experience was a gift. The original scrooge ...
The Model for the Messianic Community
... It wasn’t as if these “discrepancies” involved anything that could be considered “heresy,” or that they could adversely affect anyone’s salvation. But they did, at least as far as I was personally concerned, have a major influence on the way that I viewed (a) the Church, Israel, and their relationsh ...
... It wasn’t as if these “discrepancies” involved anything that could be considered “heresy,” or that they could adversely affect anyone’s salvation. But they did, at least as far as I was personally concerned, have a major influence on the way that I viewed (a) the Church, Israel, and their relationsh ...
The Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church of Poland
... unrealized by today’s generation, set out the reconciliation of the Church with Judaism. It is no exaggeration to say that in the long term this reorientation brought forth the Day of Judaism in Poland. From this perspective, and from the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council reforms, the topic in ...
... unrealized by today’s generation, set out the reconciliation of the Church with Judaism. It is no exaggeration to say that in the long term this reorientation brought forth the Day of Judaism in Poland. From this perspective, and from the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council reforms, the topic in ...
THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON PAUL*
... showing how different these reconstructions are from what we know of first-century Judaism from other sources. We have all in greater or less degree been guilty of modernizing Paul. But now Sanders has given us an unrivalled opportunity to look at Paul afresh, to shift our perspective back from the ...
... showing how different these reconstructions are from what we know of first-century Judaism from other sources. We have all in greater or less degree been guilty of modernizing Paul. But now Sanders has given us an unrivalled opportunity to look at Paul afresh, to shift our perspective back from the ...
The Myth of the `Law-Free` Paul Standing Between
... each text around which these have been constructed. Thus the possibilities for each community's conceptualizations of the other need not be limited by the traditional portrayal of Paul; there are new perspectives that promise more positive relations going forward. This development is also relevant f ...
... each text around which these have been constructed. Thus the possibilities for each community's conceptualizations of the other need not be limited by the traditional portrayal of Paul; there are new perspectives that promise more positive relations going forward. This development is also relevant f ...
Toward a Messianic Jewish Moral Vision
... sessions and discussions, have proved helpful in reshaping and refining my theological and religious paradigms. This year I went hoping to attend sessions and be engaged in conversations that would lend clarity to ideological ambiguities I have encountered while considering what it means to have a m ...
... sessions and discussions, have proved helpful in reshaping and refining my theological and religious paradigms. This year I went hoping to attend sessions and be engaged in conversations that would lend clarity to ideological ambiguities I have encountered while considering what it means to have a m ...
The Role of Torah and of Jewish Tradition in the Messianic Jewish
... with regard to our communal worship, our walk with God, our obedience to him, our spiritual advancement or fellowship and shared service in the body of Messiah. The same kind of obedience is required of all; the goals and duties of all are identical; no spiritual advantages or disadvantages are atta ...
... with regard to our communal worship, our walk with God, our obedience to him, our spiritual advancement or fellowship and shared service in the body of Messiah. The same kind of obedience is required of all; the goals and duties of all are identical; no spiritual advantages or disadvantages are atta ...
Galatians - Mayim Hayim Ministries
... text, I tried to place each Greek word back into the Hebrew first. I have also included a “Short Commentary” incorporating my ideas on “hearing” Paul‟s words in his letter. Understanding this Greek text spoken by a Hebrew-speaking Rabbi is not all that difficult when we are conscious of “all the oth ...
... text, I tried to place each Greek word back into the Hebrew first. I have also included a “Short Commentary” incorporating my ideas on “hearing” Paul‟s words in his letter. Understanding this Greek text spoken by a Hebrew-speaking Rabbi is not all that difficult when we are conscious of “all the oth ...
Tsimtsum in the Writings of Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits
... Berkovits, only after the encounter may man have the freedom to act. “Even though the encounter has long passed, the word remains forever God’s word for the human being. There is no I-Thou relation, but there is contact with God by hearing His word and doing His will.”29 Berkovits, in contrast to Bu ...
... Berkovits, only after the encounter may man have the freedom to act. “Even though the encounter has long passed, the word remains forever God’s word for the human being. There is no I-Thou relation, but there is contact with God by hearing His word and doing His will.”29 Berkovits, in contrast to Bu ...
The Centrality of Messiah and the Theological Direction of
... effective remnants of his childhood and the hopes of his anticipated adulthood. This sense of identity provides the ability to experience one’s self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act accordingly.4 We all know, only too well, that identity plays an important role in our work. ...
... effective remnants of his childhood and the hopes of his anticipated adulthood. This sense of identity provides the ability to experience one’s self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act accordingly.4 We all know, only too well, that identity plays an important role in our work. ...
Answering the Anti
... Him whom they have pierced’, that is Messiah, the son of Joseph; for our Rabbis, of blessed memory, have said that He will take upon Himself all the guilt of Israel, and shall then be slain in the war to make atonement in such manner that it shall be accounted as if Israel had pierced Him, for on ac ...
... Him whom they have pierced’, that is Messiah, the son of Joseph; for our Rabbis, of blessed memory, have said that He will take upon Himself all the guilt of Israel, and shall then be slain in the war to make atonement in such manner that it shall be accounted as if Israel had pierced Him, for on ac ...
Scripturalism vs Judaism II Faith and Scripturalism
... The Torah in the minds of the Jews is not what we think of—the first five books of the Bible, which is also called the Pentateuch. With all of their traditions they have ‘hedged in’ the law. They have falsely claimed that the Scriptures of God are their tradition—which is not true. As a result, they ...
... The Torah in the minds of the Jews is not what we think of—the first five books of the Bible, which is also called the Pentateuch. With all of their traditions they have ‘hedged in’ the law. They have falsely claimed that the Scriptures of God are their tradition—which is not true. As a result, they ...
First Thoughts on a Messianic Jewish Theology
... finds “original sin” anathema to the idea of positive action. Second, Judaism has wanted to differentiate itself from Christianity, and the doctrine of original sin provides a clear means of doing so. In fact, in a recent book, Jewish writer Michael Kogan argues that the primary distinction between ...
... finds “original sin” anathema to the idea of positive action. Second, Judaism has wanted to differentiate itself from Christianity, and the doctrine of original sin provides a clear means of doing so. In fact, in a recent book, Jewish writer Michael Kogan argues that the primary distinction between ...
Oral Transmission of Knowledge as Rabbinic Sacrament: An
... as the eucharist, with the rabbinic enterprise of the study of oral tradition. Despite their obvious differences, the former being the consumption of symbolic foods and the latter an act of learning, each is a ritual of incorporation in two senses: (1) the ritual actors incorporate into their being ...
... as the eucharist, with the rabbinic enterprise of the study of oral tradition. Despite their obvious differences, the former being the consumption of symbolic foods and the latter an act of learning, each is a ritual of incorporation in two senses: (1) the ritual actors incorporate into their being ...
Document
... mentioned anywhere in the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). However, traditional Judaism maintains that the messianic idea has always been a part of Judaism. The moshiach is not mentioned explicitly in the Torah, because the Torah was written in terms that all people could understand, and t ...
... mentioned anywhere in the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). However, traditional Judaism maintains that the messianic idea has always been a part of Judaism. The moshiach is not mentioned explicitly in the Torah, because the Torah was written in terms that all people could understand, and t ...
Creeds and Theology: Expressing the Jewish Context
... Gentiles in Athens is not the same as Paul preaching to Jews in Antioch. Christians have been working at it ever since, with varying degrees of success. Contextualising the Gospel is not only a matter of its presentation but also of its theological formulation as Christians attempt to define more ex ...
... Gentiles in Athens is not the same as Paul preaching to Jews in Antioch. Christians have been working at it ever since, with varying degrees of success. Contextualising the Gospel is not only a matter of its presentation but also of its theological formulation as Christians attempt to define more ex ...
Conservative Judaism Journal Volume 31 No. 1-2, Fall
... of the modern Jew. It is not a central factor in his identification as a Jew, and it does not motivate him to act in any specific way. If anything, the subject makes him uncomfortable. He knows that the Bible maintains that Moses and other prophets received revelations, but this only heightens his s ...
... of the modern Jew. It is not a central factor in his identification as a Jew, and it does not motivate him to act in any specific way. If anything, the subject makes him uncomfortable. He knows that the Bible maintains that Moses and other prophets received revelations, but this only heightens his s ...
The Status of Non-Jews in Jewish Law and Lore
... different regulations for those outside of the society, who are not part of it and live according to a different set of civil laws.8 Such laws are common in all societies throughout history. Since the term nokhri (foreigner) is used in all these instances rather than ger, it indicates that these law ...
... different regulations for those outside of the society, who are not part of it and live according to a different set of civil laws.8 Such laws are common in all societies throughout history. Since the term nokhri (foreigner) is used in all these instances rather than ger, it indicates that these law ...
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical
... different regulations for those outside of the society, who are not part of it and live according to a different set of civil laws.8 Such laws are common in all societies throughout history. Since the term nokhri (foreigner) is used in all these instances rather than ger, it indicates that these law ...
... different regulations for those outside of the society, who are not part of it and live according to a different set of civil laws.8 Such laws are common in all societies throughout history. Since the term nokhri (foreigner) is used in all these instances rather than ger, it indicates that these law ...