Halakhah


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How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everything Typically translated as "Jewish law," halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law. This is because the rabbinic legal system has rarely wielded the political power to enforce its rules, nor has it ever been the law of any state. Even more idiosyncratically, the talmudic rabbis claim the study of halakhah is a holy endeavor that brings a person closer to God—a claim no country makes of its law. Chaim Saiman traces how generations of rabbis have used concepts forged in talmudic disputation to do the work that other societies assign not only to philosophy, political theory, theology, and ethics but also to art, drama, and literature. Guiding readers across two millennia of richly illuminating perspectives, this panoramic book shows how halakhah is not just "law" but an entire way of thinking, being, and knowing.




If this be from Heaven


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This is both an introduction to the New Testament and a study of its writings in relation to Judaism. The aim is to explore both the clear Jewish roots of the New Testament and its incipient anti-Judaism. The first two chapters give an overview of Jewish life and religion in the Greco-Roman world with special attention to the various groups and schools, among which the Jesus movement originated. Another chapter focusses on the tradition of the words and deeds of Jesus, the enigmatic teacher from Nazareth. The rest of the book studies the range of New Testament writings in their varied attitude towards Judaism. The concluding chapter is about how Christians might handle anti-Jewish texts in their Bible.




Sayings of the Jewish Fathers


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Excerpt from Sayings of the Jewish Fathers: Comprising Pirqe Aboth in Hebrew and English, With Notes and Excursuses Of the innumerable works on abote it must suffice to make mention here of Professor Dr H. L. Strack's concise and thoroughly practical edition Die Sprache der ter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Sayings of the Jewish Fathers


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פרקי אבות


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Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel


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This important work on Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel is the product of an impressive international team of twenty-three outstanding scholars, most of whom are well-known, established names, while a few are able, younger scholars beginning to make their mark on the field. The volume approaches its subject from a remarkable number of different angles, with essays ranging from Israel's ancient Near Eastern background right through to the New Testament, but the majority of essays concentrate on Prophecy and the Prophets in the Old Testament. Particular attention is paid to the following subjects: Prophecy amongst Israel's Ancient Near Eastern Neighbours; Female Prophets in both Israel and the Ancient Near East; Israelite Prophecy in the Light of modern Sociological, Anthropological and Psychological Insights; Deuteronomy 18.9-22, the Prophets and Scripture; Elijah, Elisha and Prophetic Succession; the Theology of Amos; Hosea and the Baal cu All the contributions, previously unpublished, arise from papers delivered at the Oxford Old Testament seminar.




Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash


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Hermann L. Strack and Paul Billerbeck's Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash is an important reference work for illustrating the concepts, theological background, and cultural assumptions of the New Testament. The commentary walks through each New Testament book verse by verse, referencing potentially illuminating passages from the Talmud and Midrash and providing easy access to the rich textual world of rabbinic material. Volume 1 comments on the Gospel of Matthew. Originally published between 1922 and 1928 as Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch, Strack and Billerbeck's commentary has been unavailable in English until now.




The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition


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There are many ancient West Asian stories that narrate the victory of a warrior deity over an enemy, typically a sea-god or sea dragon, and his rise to divine kingship. In The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition, Debra Scoggins Ballentine analyzes this motif, arguing that it was used within ancient political and socio-religious discourses to bolster particular divine hierarchies, kings, institutions, and groups, as well as to attack others. Situating her study of the conflict topos within contemporary theorizations of myth by Bruce Lincoln, Russell McCutcheon, and Jonathan Z. Smith, Ballentine examines narratives of divine combat and instances of this conflict motif. Her study cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries as well as constructed time periods, focusing not only on the Hebrew Bible but also incorporating Mesopotamian, early Jewish, early Christian, and rabbinic texts, spanning a period of almost three millennia - from the eighteenth century BCE to the early middle ages CE. The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition advances our understanding of the conflict topos in ancient west Asian and early Jewish and Christian literatures and of how mythological and religious ideas are used both to validate and render normative particular ideologies and socio-political arrangements, and to delegitimize and invalidate others.




A Guest in the House of Israel


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Williamson challenges churches and theologians to become aware of the inherited ideology of anti-Judaism that has distorted their teaching, even on such key matters as Jesus, the Scriptures, the church, and God, and suggests a radical, constructive alternative to the "teaching of contempt".




The Truth vs. the Great Lie


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We're all now living on Borrowed Time. Aside from the Bible itself, this is the One Book every Believing Christian should read in preparation to meet Jesus Christ. This Book Proves the Bible is True and Correct, that "Moses got it right" using Human DNA and Scythian-Scot-Gael History, all while exposing; The religion of the Globalists, Humanism, and its False Prophets, noting Human Evolution and Darwinism are down in flames. God Almighty created everything exactly as The Bible states, this Book details how He did it and how He seeded World History in order to work His Great Plan. Human DNA is a Heavenly High-Science, in combination with S-C-G History, Christians can now possess a second version of the History of The World from another original Clan of The Earth, one that matches the Hebrew/Mosaic Pentateuch while also proving that Jesus Christ came to save every Man and Woman from every Clan and Race. All of this while demonstrating Jehovah Girah provided for; the growth, protection, and renewal of the World-wide Church that follows Jesus Christ. A clear explanation of The Great Lie, its origins, beginning with The Great Flood, Nimrod and Babylon, along with how its false priests now operate unimpeded within the World's Higher Eds. This Book will stir your heart and open your eyes, with its straight-forward explanation of Human DNA and History. Part One: The Heavenly Science of Human DNA Proves The Bible Part Two: Scythian-Scot-Gael History to 1171 A.D. Proves the Bible Part Three: Genesis 6:3 Explained (Human Lifespan)- Telomeres, Telomerase, TERT & TR Plus: Six Messages from The Lord and The Holy Spirit: Five specifically Addressed to the World-wide Church, its Leaders, and Teachers One for all Mankind - The Symbol of the Son of Man to appear in the Heavens proclaiming His Return