Jesus the Translator: An Analysis of Luke 6:4:16–21

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The Zionism of Western Sephardi Leaders in North America

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The Talmud and the Death of Jesus

If you would like to see this article with footnotes, click here. Introduction The debate around the historicity of the Talmud’s Jesus narratives is at the heart of the discussion of rabbinic attitudes towards the founder of Christianity. Countless narratives have tried to explain the meaning of these passages, with no consensus being reached. The

The Development of Rabbinic Judaism: The Sixty Years that Made Judaism and Christianity

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Jesus and the Rabbis: The Kingdom of God

Follow me on Twitter or Facebook! If you support my work, consider joining on Patreon for exclusive content! Perhaps one of the phrases most associated with Jesus is the “Kingdom of God” (basileia tou theou). Jesus never seems to address God as King, even though some New Testament texts do (1 Timothy 1:17, 6:15; Rev. 15:3), except in the Gospel

Was Paul a Pharisee?

Follow me on Twitter or Facebook!  It is widely known that Paul claims to be a Pharisee (Philippians 3:5-6), as does the author of Luke-Acts (Acts 23:6), who takes the matter a step further, claiming that Paul studied under the famous rabbi, Gamaliel (Acts 22:3). Needless to say, but it is unlikely that Paul was a student of

The Rabbis and Ḥanukkah

Follow me on Twitter or Facebook! Tonight begins the eight day festival of Ḥanukkah in the Jewish calendar. Ḥanukkah is explained by the popular website, My Jewish Learning, a site with basic information about all varieties of Jewish topics, as, “the Festival of Rededication, celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after its defilement by the Syrian

Jesus in Comparison with Ḥanina ben Dosa

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Abraham Maimonides’ “Sufi Judaism”

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The Development of Rabbinic Judaism: (Shimon ben) Jesus Ben Sira

Sigal presents the case that the scribes mentioned in parts of the Hebrew Bible developed into the rabbis that are known in the Talmud. He denies that the rabbis were part of the Pharisee movement, mentioned in both the New Testament and the Talmud itself. We previously saw how the priests and levites functioned as