A Rabbi Looks at Jesus' ParablesIntended to appeal to both Christians and Jews,A Rabbi Looks at Jesus' Parables is an introduction to the teachings of Jesus, and compares the similarities and differences in Jesus' thinking to other Jewish sources from first-century Palestine. Each chapter uncovers hidden messages within each of Jesus' parables, and discusses each parable within its first-century religious and historical context. The book attempts to build bridges of understanding between Christians and Jews by exploring the notion that we share a common history. |
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... five books of the Hebrew Bible -- and a section of one of the prophets . On holidays other sacred scrolls were read to them . Over years they acquired a fairly extensive knowledge of the Hebrew Bible - but it was all by rote . According ...
... five books of the Hebrew Bible -- and a section of one of the prophets . On holidays other sacred scrolls were read to them . Over years they acquired a fairly extensive knowledge of the Hebrew Bible - but it was all by rote . According ...
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... Five Books of Moses read in their entirety ten or fifteen times . The incident in Nazareth set Jesus ' ministry in its dynamic context . Jesus spoke his parables aloud . Some Jews accepted them ; some Jews were intrigued and came back ...
... Five Books of Moses read in their entirety ten or fifteen times . The incident in Nazareth set Jesus ' ministry in its dynamic context . Jesus spoke his parables aloud . Some Jews accepted them ; some Jews were intrigued and came back ...
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... : 3 . 44. Asher Feldman , The Parables and Similes of the Rabbis ( Cambridge : Cambridge Uni- versity Press , 1927 ) , 187 , quoting Rab . Exod . 42 : 7 . CHAPTER FIVE The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds 40 Chapter Four.
... : 3 . 44. Asher Feldman , The Parables and Similes of the Rabbis ( Cambridge : Cambridge Uni- versity Press , 1927 ) , 187 , quoting Rab . Exod . 42 : 7 . CHAPTER FIVE The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds 40 Chapter Four.
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Frank Stern. CHAPTER FIVE The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds In this parable , a farmer discovers that an enemy has scattered seeds of weeds on the very soil in which the farmer had sowed his ...
Frank Stern. CHAPTER FIVE The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds In this parable , a farmer discovers that an enemy has scattered seeds of weeds on the very soil in which the farmer had sowed his ...
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... " who enticed men and women to transgress against God's laws . The wicked were " sons of the evil one . " The righ- teous were " sons of the kingdom . " Two Alternative Understandings There is a confusion of metaphors in 42 Chapter Five.
... " who enticed men and women to transgress against God's laws . The wicked were " sons of the evil one . " The righ- teous were " sons of the kingdom . " Two Alternative Understandings There is a confusion of metaphors in 42 Chapter Five.
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