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Tags: biblical archaeology, israel, judaism
I am a proponent of trying to understand, at the very least, the Gospels in light of their Jewishness. When Christ mentions Gehenna, He always does so in parabolic or hyperbolic language. This is not make the statements contained therein untrue, but it does tend to prevent the language from being taken literally, at times. Discernment is key in trying to look at these issues.
In that regard, I want to look at the Jewish Gehenna at or near the time of Christ and how it developed.
Continue reading “Jewish Views of Gehenna/Gehinnom”
Tags: Gehenna, hell, judaism, universalism
I was revisiting a few of my older posts, trying to clean up a few things, and came across this post which links here:
The creation of the Universe is described in order to establish that the Universe is a lawful, harmonious product of the will of a transcendent God who put it into motion.
The creation of Man is explored in order to enlighten us as to the peculiarities of the human condition – being a part of the natural world yet capable of transcending our natural drives, possessing biological instincts as well as an intellect, struggling both with our environments and within ourselves. Unlike the elegance and harmony reflected in the cosmos, the human realm is messily complicated, and the challenges that face Man, with his unique combination of heavenly and earthly characteristics, are daunting.
Tags: creation, creation account, genesis one, judaism, torah
Thanks to Stuart for this article:
For thousands of people who convert to Judaism, Christmas is a difficult day of balancing what was once intimately theirs but now represents, in some ways, the essence of what they are giving up. The holiday brings up questions that often have less to do with theology than with culture and custom. Siblings wonder: Can we still give you gifts? Parents ask: Can I still fill your stocking? If the answers are no, does that signal something akin to betrayal?
Converts to Judaism Describe Their Feelings on Christmas – NYTimes.com.
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Tags: Christianity, judaism
Sundown approaches, darkness will cover the earth, and Hanukkah will being – it promises to be a bitterly cold night in some parts of the United States and moderately cool in Jerusalem. Here is song (and if you click the link at the bottom, it will take you to site to hear it sung in Hebrew) traditionally song, at least since the 13th century.
Continue reading “Bare Your Arm of Salvation, A Traditional Hanukkah Song”
Tags: arm of the Lord, bible, Christianity, Feast of Dedication, God, hanukkah, Jesus Christ, jewish, judaism, messiah, religion, second temple judaism
Sun down on Sunday evening begins the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, or Chanukah for the Jewish among us. It is a celebration in commemoration of the re-dedication of the Temple by the victorious armies of Judas Maccabeus, who had led the armies of Israel against the Hellenizing forces of Antiochus.
Continue reading “Hanukkah, biblically known as the Feast of Dedication”
Tags: bible, Christianity, Feast of Dedication, God, hanukkah, Jesus Christ, jewish, judaism, messiah, religion, second temple judaism
TRANSCENDING the bitterness of the confrontation between their nations and faiths, Israeli and Palestinian scholars have come together for an unprecedented joint history of the most contested religious site on earth.
A new book, Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem’s Sacred Esplanade is an antidote to extremism about the holy city’s Temple Mount, revered by Jews as site of the biblical temples and sacred to Muslims as the site of the al-Aksa mosque.
via Book aims to end clash over Temple Mount – Scotsman.com News.
Tags: Christianity, israel, judaism, Muslims, palestine
First it was Muslims, now Jews and next?
A mainstream Swiss political leader is calling for a ban on separate Muslim and Jewish cemeteries.
Continue reading “Swiss leader calls for Jewish cemetery ban”
Tags: judaism, politics, switzerland
