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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... Gospels : Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes . I respond positively to those scholars who see Jesus ' Jewishness not as inci- dental but as essential to his life and teachings and who assert that we cannot fully understand Jesus ...
... Gospels : Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes . I respond positively to those scholars who see Jesus ' Jewishness not as inci- dental but as essential to his life and teachings and who assert that we cannot fully understand Jesus ...
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... gospels . Some writers present them as they occur from gospel to gospel - all the parables in Matthew first , then all the parables in Mark , until the gospels have been covered . This gets a little confusing when some parables from ...
... gospels . Some writers present them as they occur from gospel to gospel - all the parables in Matthew first , then all the parables in Mark , until the gospels have been covered . This gets a little confusing when some parables from ...
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... gospels that reads smoothly , and preserves the integrity of the Greek.1 For the Old Testament , I chose Tanakh : A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures according to the Traditional Hebrew Text , published in 1985 by the Jewish ...
... gospels that reads smoothly , and preserves the integrity of the Greek.1 For the Old Testament , I chose Tanakh : A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures according to the Traditional Hebrew Text , published in 1985 by the Jewish ...
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... gospel writers . I disagree . This book assumes that the parables written in the gospels reflect Jesus ' teachings — though elaborations and interpretations may have been added to them by succeeding generations of early Christians ...
... gospel writers . I disagree . This book assumes that the parables written in the gospels reflect Jesus ' teachings — though elaborations and interpretations may have been added to them by succeeding generations of early Christians ...
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... gospels described the same incident . Jesus returned to Nazareth , read from the scroll of Isaiah , and shared his ... Gospel texts . Matthew provided biographical information not mentioned in Luke— that Jesus had brothers and sisters ...
... gospels described the same incident . Jesus returned to Nazareth , read from the scroll of Isaiah , and shared his ... Gospel texts . Matthew provided biographical information not mentioned in Luke— that Jesus had brothers and sisters ...
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