The Messianic Confrontation

Author : Israel Knohl
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827618992

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The Messiah Confrontation by Israel Knohl Pdf

The Messiah Confrontation casts new and fascinating light on why Jesus was killed. Grounded in meticulous research on the messianism debates in the Bible and during the Second Temple period, biblical scholar Israel Knohl argues that Jesus’s trial was in reality a dramatic clash between two Jewish groups holding opposing ideologies of messianism and anti-messianism, with both ideologies running through the Bible. The Pharisees (forefathers of the rabbinic sages) and most of the Jewish people had a conception of a Messiah similar to Jesus: like the prophets and most psalmists, they expected the arrival of a godlike Messiah. However, the judges who sentenced Jesus to death were Sadducees, who were fighting with the Pharisees largely because they repudiated the Messiah idea. Thus, the trial of Jesus was not a clash between Jewish and what would become Christian doctrines but a confrontation between two internal Jewish positions—expecting a Messiah or rejecting the Messiah idea—in which Jesus and the Pharisees were actually on the same side. Knohl contends that had the assigned judges been Pharisees rather than Sadducees, Jesus would not have been convicted and crucified. The Pharisees’ disagreement with Jesus was solely over whether Jesus was the Messiah—but historically, for Jews, arguing about who was or wasn’t the Messiah was not uncommon. The Messiah Confrontation has far-reaching consequences for the relationship between Christians and Jews.

Author : Peter Krul,Maria J Krul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0986486302

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The Messianic Confrontation by Peter Krul,Maria J Krul Pdf

THE MESSIANIC CONFRONTATION is based on the perception that the Lord showed the Prophet Daniel (Dan. 12:9) and the Apostle John (Rev. 10:4) a vision and then commanded to seal what they heard until the Last Days (Dan. 12:9). A study of the two scriptures reveals that both visions had the same background. This signifies that the two servants sealed the same knowledge. The divine command of the sealing renders the traditional scenarios about the sealing to be spurious, premature interpretations of the Scriptures. Apparently independent from the Scriptures, the Lord showed the Prophet Isaiah in a vision that during the Last Days, the Law of God would be established (Isaiah 2:1-4.) A study of the knowledge that was sealed reveals that Isaiah implied the sealing of the Law of God. The implied sealing was to ensure that the people would not prematurely discover the profound nature of the knowledge that was sealed. When the people would study the sealed Law, they would discern the link to the Isaiah vision. The sealed Law is not a law of commandments, but a law of creation. The Law primarily reveals a creation model, which in a definitive setting, establishes two fundamental profound precepts: one, God exists without having been created; two, Jesus Christ is the only way to God. Furthermore, the Law reveals the Scenario for the transition to Paradise of the people who profess that Jesus Christ is the Messiah. The Law has the potential to reveal the truth about Christ. The Law also reveals the destiny of the people who do not make the transition.

Author : D. Brian Shafer
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780768499636

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Final Confrontation by D. Brian Shafer Pdf

DIVWith the long-dreaded Seed of the woman delivered at Bethlehem, the prophecy of the Coming One has now been fulfilled. Lucifer realizes that any hope to win the war is slipping away and decides upon a desperate gamble - he will have to face the Son personally. With his demonic host to assist him, Lucifer makes plans to cut the Messiah down once and for all. Boasting that he will more than bruise His heal, Lucifer decides to destroy the Son from within his inner circle and sets his heart upon a dark plan that will end on the darkest day in history - or so he believes./divDIV Set in and around Jerusalem, Final Confrontation describes the death match between light and darkness that reaches a brutal and bloody climax at Calvary./div

Author : Jacob Neusner Professor of Religion University of South Florida,Ernest S. Frerichs Director Brown University Program in Judaic Studies,Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher Assistant Professor of the History and Literature of Religion Northwestern University
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1989-06-01
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9780199729333

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Religion, Science, and Magic : In Concert and in Conflict by Jacob Neusner Professor of Religion University of South Florida,Ernest S. Frerichs Director Brown University Program in Judaic Studies,Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher Assistant Professor of the History and Literature of Religion Northwestern University Pdf

Every culture makes the distinction between "true religion" and magic, regarding one action and its result as "miraculous," while rejecting another as the work of the devil. Surveying such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England, these ten essays provide a rigrous examination of the history of this distinction in Christianity and Judaism. Written by such distinguished scholars as Jacob Neusner, Hans Penner, Howard Kee, Tzvi Abusch, Susan R. Garrett, and Moshe Idel, the essays explore a broad range of topics, including how certain social groups sort out approved practices and beliefs from those that are disapproved--providing fresh insight into how groups define themselves; "magic" as an insider's term for the outsider's religion; and the tendency of religious traditions to exclude the magical. In addition the collection provides illuminating social, cultural, and anthropological explanations for the prominence of the magical in certain periods and literature.

Author : Marc Saperstein
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789627831

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Leadership and Conflict by Marc Saperstein Pdf

A multifaceted analysis of how Jewish leaders in medieval and early modern times responded to the challenges they faced. Based largely on the study of sermons and responsa—genres that show Jewish leaders addressing real situations in the lives of their people—it reveals how rabbis have handled intellectual, social, and political diversity and conflict in various vibrant Jewish communities.

Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226576473

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Judaism and Christianity in the Age of Constantine by Jacob Neusner Pdf

With the conversion of Constantine in 312, Christianity began a period of political and cultural dominance that it would enjoy until the twentieth century. Jacob Neusner contradicts the prevailing view that following Christianity's ascendancy, Judaism continued to evolve in isolation. He argues that because of the political need to defend its claims to religious authenticity, Judaism was forced to review itself in the context of a triumphant Christianity. The definition of issues long discussed in Judaism—the meaning of history, the coming of the Messiah, and the political identity of Israel—became of immediate and urgent concern to both parties. What emerged was a polemical dialogue between Christian and Jewish teachers that was unprecedented. In a close analysis of texts by the Christian theologians Eusebius, Aphrahat, and Chrysostom on one hand, and of the central Jewish works the Talmud of the Land of Israel, the Genesis Rabbah, and the Leviticus Rabbah on the other, Neusner finds that both religious groups turned to the same corpus of Hebrew scripture to examine the same fundamental issues. Eusebius and Genesis Rabbah both address the issue of history, Chrysostom and the Talmud the issue of the Messiah, and Aphrahat and Leviticus Rabbah the issue of Israel. As Neusner demonstrates, the conclusions drawn shaped the dialogue between the two religions for the rest of their shared history in the West.

Author : Mateusz Kusio
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161593468

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The Antichrist Tradition in Antiquity by Mateusz Kusio Pdf

"Was the idea of the ancient tradition surrounding the Antichrist present in related forms among both Jews and Christians? Mateusz Kusio reveals an anti-messianic tradition involving a variety of eschatological antagonists in conflict with diverse messianic actors that stretches across both Jewish and Christian corpora and revolves around a set of similar motifs, ideas, and core Biblical texts." --

Author : James Evans
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781602667013

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Compassionate Confrontation by James Evans Pdf

Compassionate Confrontation is a compelling look at the cultural challenges facing the twenty-first century Christian. Written in a practical and direct style, the book presents a biblical alternative to the "take back the culture" and "stay out of the culture" agendas that are advocated by well-meaning Christians. It dares Christians to take God's Truth into the public arena where absolutes and Truth have been replaced by speculations and lies. Full of battlefield stories and biblical references, the book presents a balanced look at the American culture and the biblical role of the church within it. The author calls for Christians to compassionately confront a dying world with the life-giving Truth found in God's Word and demonstrated in the lives of true Christians. His passionate, logical exhortation to the church is based on biblical truth, shaped by the teachings of Francis Schaeffer, and tested in the trenches of experience. Jim Evans has been married to his wife, Joan, for thirty-one years. He is the father of four grown children and has two grandchildren. He received his undergraduate degree from Lancaster Bible College and his graduate degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University. He has established two churches, directed a mission to Haiti, and is currently engaged in conference speaking and assisting national preachers in Africa, India, and Eastern Europe. He has also served as a Christian lobbyist in New York, worked as police liaison for the anti-abortion group, Operation Rescue, was imprisoned for opposing abortion, testified in federal courts, and debated with opponents of Christianity on television, radio, and secular university campuses. Over thirty years of ministry experience in the streets, courtrooms, prisons, and churches of America give him an unusual qualification to speak to the issues confronting the church in twenty-first century America.

Author : Brian Brock,Michael Mawson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567665973

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The Freedom of a Christian Ethicist by Brian Brock,Michael Mawson Pdf

What is the significance of the Protestant Reformation for Christian ethical thinking and action? Can core Protestant commitments and claims still provide for compelling and viable accounts of Christian living. This collection of essays by leading international scholars explores the relevance of the Protestant Reformation and its legacy for contemporary Christian ethics.

Author : Jacob Neusner,Ernest S. Frerichs,Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9780195079111

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Religion, Science, and Magic by Jacob Neusner,Ernest S. Frerichs,Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher Pdf

Every culture makes the distinction between "true religion" and magic, regarding one action and its result as "miraculous," while rejecting another as the work of the devil. Surveying such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England, these ten essays provide a rigorous examination of the history of this distinction in Christianity and Judaism. Written by such distinguished scholars as Jacob Neusner, Hans Penner, Howard Kee, Tzvi Abusch, Susan R. Garrett, and Moshe Idel, the essays explore a broad range of topics, including how certain social groups sort out approved practices and beliefs from those that are disapproved--providing fresh insight into how groups define themselves; "magic" as an insider's term for the outsider's religion; and the tendency of religious traditions to exclude the magical. In addition the collection provides illuminating social, cultural, and anthropological explanations for the prominence of the magical in certain periods and literatures.

Author : Kennedy K. Ekeocha
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666783872

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Matthew 24-25 as Prophetic-Apocalyptic by Kennedy K. Ekeocha Pdf

Despite centuries of scholarly and popular engagement, much confusion still hangs over Jesus’ Olivet Discourse. There is no consensus on the nature and meaning of the disciples’ question in Matt 24:3. How is the temple’s fate related to the parousia or second coming of Jesus? Is the Great Tribulation past, present, or future? Will Christians be raptured to heaven? Should you rather prefer to be “left behind”? Combining inductive and discourse grammar approaches as bases for literary structure and analysis, this study is a holistic and compelling fresh interpretation of Jesus’ eschatological discourse that provides answers to these questions. The author shows that extant interpretive frameworks fail to adequately account for the biblical data. Moreover, and unlike the available treatments, the study sheds light on the discourse’s structural and theological function within Matthew’s Gospel as a whole and how it coheres with New Testament teaching in general.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004515109

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Congress Volume Aberdeen 2019 by Anonim Pdf

This volume presents the main lectures of the 23rd Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) held in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, in August 2019.

Author : R.T. France
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 1234 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802825018

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The Gospel of Matthew by R.T. France Pdf

"The English translation at the beginning of each section is France's own, designed to provide the basis for the commentary. This adept translation uses contemporary idioms and, where necessary, gives priority to clarity over literary elegance." -- BOOK JACKET.

Author : Magnus Zetterholm
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030262350

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The Messiah by Magnus Zetterholm Pdf

In The Messiah, leading scholars offer succinct and illuminating essays on currents of messianic thought in the formative centuries of Judaism and Christianity. Special features designed with the student in mind include a map, a glossary of terms, and a timeline of significant events. Book jacket.

Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725201026

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Jews and Christians by Jacob Neusner Pdf