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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... righteous received their proper reward . The wicked suffered appropriate punishment . This afterlife was called by many names in Jewish literature : Paradise , the World to Come , and the Kingdom of God . Everyone wanted to get in , so ...
... righteous received their proper reward . The wicked suffered appropriate punishment . This afterlife was called by many names in Jewish literature : Paradise , the World to Come , and the Kingdom of God . Everyone wanted to get in , so ...
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... righteous and the wholly wicked . The wholly righteous were des- tined for " eternal life " ; the wholly wicked would suffer " everlasting abhor- rence . " But they differed on the question of what would happen to the majority of people ...
... righteous and the wholly wicked . The wholly righteous were des- tined for " eternal life " ; the wholly wicked would suffer " everlasting abhor- rence . " But they differed on the question of what would happen to the majority of people ...
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Frank Stern. majority of people in between , who were neither totally righteous nor totally wicked . The School of Shammai held that those who had done more evil than good or in whom good and evil were equally balanced would go down to ...
Frank Stern. majority of people in between , who were neither totally righteous nor totally wicked . The School of Shammai held that those who had done more evil than good or in whom good and evil were equally balanced would go down to ...
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... Righteousness and Evil . A series of scroll fragments from Cave 1 at Qumran outlined battle formations and depicted battle scenes in which the members of the Yahad ( the fellowship of believers ) , led by the authentic High Priest ...
... Righteousness and Evil . A series of scroll fragments from Cave 1 at Qumran outlined battle formations and depicted battle scenes in which the members of the Yahad ( the fellowship of believers ) , led by the authentic High Priest ...
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... righteous men longed to see what you see , and did not see it , and to hear what you hear , and did not hear it . ( Matthew 13 : 16–17 ) . What an audacious statement ! The " prophets and righteous men " of for- mer generations with ...
... righteous men longed to see what you see , and did not see it , and to hear what you hear , and did not hear it . ( Matthew 13 : 16–17 ) . What an audacious statement ! The " prophets and righteous men " of for- mer generations with ...
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