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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... Torah - the first 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 ...
... Torah - the first 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 ...
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... Torah teaches you proper conduct , specifically that a groom should not go into the marriage canopy [ should not have intercourse with his wife ] until the bride gives him permis- sion to do so . " Rabbi Hanina used the verse ...
... Torah teaches you proper conduct , specifically that a groom should not go into the marriage canopy [ should not have intercourse with his wife ] until the bride gives him permis- sion to do so . " Rabbi Hanina used the verse ...
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... Torah , the true basis of divine thought and human comprehension . Ben Sirakh invited the untutored to his school and instructed each student to devote his whole mind to the pursuit of wisdom and to concentrate his thoughts on the Law ...
... Torah , the true basis of divine thought and human comprehension . Ben Sirakh invited the untutored to his school and instructed each student to devote his whole mind to the pursuit of wisdom and to concentrate his thoughts on the Law ...
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... Torah : " If a man do them , he shall live . " That means he shall live in the World to Come , for in this world a man's end is that he dies.10 These are examples of the kind of discourse to which Jews of the first century were exposed ...
... Torah : " If a man do them , he shall live . " That means he shall live in the World to Come , for in this world a man's end is that he dies.10 These are examples of the kind of discourse to which Jews of the first century were exposed ...
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... Torah and a selection from one of the prophets were read in the synagogue at every Sabbath morning service . On one Sabbath the reading was from Hosea , on another from Micah , on a third from Zephaniah . Sections of the larger scrolls ...
... Torah and a selection from one of the prophets were read in the synagogue at every Sabbath morning service . On one Sabbath the reading was from Hosea , on another from Micah , on a third from Zephaniah . Sections of the larger scrolls ...
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