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Chanukah – Isaiah 2:5 The celebration of Chanukah was instituted after prophecy had already ceased from the community of Israel. The religious leadership of the people established this holiday as…

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The Ultimate Truth The prophets of the Jewish Scriptures taught us to look forward to the Messianic age. These prophets described the Messianic age as a time in which the…

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1. Page 4 Brown addresses Maimonides’ statement that Jews must believe in God as an “only one (- absolute unity): “There is no doubt that this reaction was due to…

Throughout Brown’s attack on the Rabbinic understanding of the Sabbath the recurring refrain is: “is this what the Lord intended?” Brown expects his readers to come to the conclusion that the Rabbinic observance of the Sabbath is not the observance … Continue reading →

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Claiming Originality – Excerpt from Supplement IV. 25. Page 216 In this section Brown takes a page out of Jesus’ book, and besmirches Judaism and her teachers. When Jesus presented…

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Shallow Similarities, Deep Differences – by Annelise In Proverbs 8 we hear a speech in the voice of Wisdom, who is portrayed as a desirable and life-bringing woman. Wisdom speaks…

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Song of Solomon 5:16 vs. Three Masters of Persuasion The heart of Israel is bound up in a covenant relationship with the One Creator of heaven and earth. Throughout the…

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Foundation of Worship II The Jewish scriptures together with the sense of justice that God breathed into each one of us makes it clear that the foundation of our worship…

Intercession Abraham’s intercession for the people of Sodom (Genesis 18:23-33) must rank as one of the more enigmatic passages in Scripture. The people of Sodom were the epitome of cruelty and wickedness while Abraham was kind and righteous. Why would … Continue reading →