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Tag Archives: Judaism
Book Review: Midrash And Mishnah
Midrash And Mishnah: A Study In The Early History Of The Halakah, by Jacob Z. Lauterbach There are a great many reasons why I looked forward to reading this book and enjoyed it so much. For one, the book was … Continue reading
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Tagged debate, Jacob Lauterbach, Judaism, law, legitimacy, textual criticism
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Book Review: The Ethics Of The Halakah
The Ethics Of The Halakah, by Jacob Zallel Lauterbach With friends like these, the halakah doesn’t need enemies. Even if I did not find this to be the best of the author’s work, or even that accurate of a book … Continue reading
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Book Review: Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael: Volume Three
Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael: Volume Three, translated by Jacob Z. Lauterbach Unfortunately, when I first saw this book online I did not realize that there were three volumes to the work, and so this was the first one I ordered and … Continue reading
Book Review: Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishamel: Volume Two
Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishamel: Volume Two, translated by Jacob Z. Lauterbach Admittedly, I am approaching this obscure midrashic text in a somewhat backward fashion. Having first received and read the third volume of this work, I was prompted to obtain the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jacob Lauterbach, Judaism
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Book Review: Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael: Volume One
Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael: Volume One, translated by Jacob Z. Lauterbach It is not my usual habit to read multi-volume books in reverse order, but that is precisely what happened here. To be sure, this was not due in any way … Continue reading
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Woe To The Scribes And Pharisees: Part Three
In our closing section of this particular discussion [1], it is worthwhile to discuss the melancholy nature of the origin of conflict between the biblical worldview of Christianity and the Talmudic worldview of the scribes and Pharisees that formed the … Continue reading
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Tagged identity, Judaism, legitimacy
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Woe To The Scribes And Pharisees: Part Two
Having previously examined the kal vahomer approach of Jesus Christ that exposed the gap between the Pharisees’ perception of their own righteousness and the way it was viewed by God, it is worthwhile to examine the gap between the legitimate … Continue reading
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Tagged Judaism, law
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Woe To The Scribes And Pharisees: Part One
As is sometimes the case, I would like to take a familiar biblical passage and make it a bit less familiar by discussing aspects of the passage that are not generally known. Before I begin this process, I would like … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Biblical History, Christianity, Church of God, History, Musings
Tagged Judaism, logic
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Book Review: The Church And The Community
The Church And The Community, by Jonathan Dade [Note: This book was provided free of charge by BookCrash. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] I found this book to be structured in a very interesting way. The author has … Continue reading
To The Jewish Savannah And Back
This afternoon, our tour of the Judensavannah (pronouced Yoe-den suh-Van-uh) took place, and in contrast to the usual way that these tours go, this one actually ended up taking exactly as long as expected. This could not have been predicted … Continue reading
