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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... Greek . From Greek the texts were translated into Latin , French , German , Russian , Icelandic , and several hundred other languages . Most of us acquired our knowledge of the New Testament in English . But English translations often ...
... Greek . From Greek the texts were translated into Latin , French , German , Russian , Icelandic , and several hundred other languages . Most of us acquired our knowledge of the New Testament in English . But English translations often ...
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... Greek words — agape and eros — in the New Testament are translated by the same English word , " love . " The same word cannot indicate the differ- ences between the two Greek terms . " Friendship " ( agape ) and " romance " ( eros ) don ...
... Greek words — agape and eros — in the New Testament are translated by the same English word , " love . " The same word cannot indicate the differ- ences between the two Greek terms . " Friendship " ( agape ) and " romance " ( eros ) don ...
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... Greek , many readers would have difficulty understanding it . The form interferes with the message . So too in the first century . The language Jesus spoke , the forms he used to convey his teachings , and even the symbols he employed ...
... Greek , many readers would have difficulty understanding it . The form interferes with the message . So too in the first century . The language Jesus spoke , the forms he used to convey his teachings , and even the symbols he employed ...
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... Greek term meaning " chief of the synagogue , ” archisynagogos referred to the high- est - ranking official of the synagogue . 7. Song of Songs 5 : 1 . 8. Pesiąta deRav Kahana , as presented in Jacob Neusner , The Midrash : An ...
... Greek term meaning " chief of the synagogue , ” archisynagogos referred to the high- est - ranking official of the synagogue . 7. Song of Songs 5 : 1 . 8. Pesiąta deRav Kahana , as presented in Jacob Neusner , The Midrash : An ...
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... Greeks — with the three horns in the third beast representing the breakup of Alexander's empire into three regions . The fourth beast - Rome - was the most terrifying of all . Yet even this empire , which devoured all the others , would ...
... Greeks — with the three horns in the third beast representing the breakup of Alexander's empire into three regions . The fourth beast - Rome - was the most terrifying of all . Yet even this empire , which devoured all the others , would ...
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