Killing The Torah
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Killing The Torah
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Author : Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08-10
Killing The Torah written by Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-10 with categories.
Despite significant improvement in interfaith dialogue in some quarters between Christians and Jews, many Christians still maintain theological positions that are inimical to fundamental Jewish beliefs, and consequently, to the Jewish people. The essential perspective that sets the tone for Christian attitudes towards Jews and Judaism is their theological view of the Torah. Most Christians will argue that they hold no bias against the Torah. They cannot, they claim, since it forms a part of their biblical canon. The reality, however, is that theologically many Christians are guilty of legicide, i.e., killing the Torah, much in the same way that they have historically accused Jews of deicide, i.e., of killing God incarnate.Where my previous works have focused on Jewish attitudes towards Christians, this work is focused on challenging Christians to ensure that their perspectives on the Torah are not merely lip service to what forms the foundation for Jewish identity. The famed Lutheran theologian Rudolf Bultmann stated in 1933 that the Hebrew Scriptures were no longer revelation as it has been and still is for Jews, More seriously he stated that the Hebrew Scripture means nothing more to Christians. Bultmann, a professor of the New Testament at the University of Marburg, did not believe that the Hebrew Scriptures should be discarded, however. But this was only, perhaps unconsciously, so that it served as the sinister foil compared to the light of the Gospel. These ideas are not limited to Bultmann, however. Even a Christian theology generally favorable towards like Hans Küng stated that the apostle Paul was justified in killing the law. The mistake that Rudolf Bultmann and others have made is that despite their study of ancient Judaism and Second Temple Judaism, their attitudes towards the Torah prevented them from legitimately recognizing the existence of contemporary Jews. The Shoah, i.e., the Holocaust, did not sadly irrelevant and does not affect their religious beliefs. Rudolf Bultmann and others seemingly refused to understand this because the practical consequences of their theological views leave only two possibilities. The first proposition is that Judaism "died long ago." The second implication is closely related and perhaps more insidious. It renders contemporary Judaism a fraud. Maybe this statement is the most troubling to me since, as a rabbi, it strikes at the heart of my identity.The challenge for Christianity was the simultaneous adoption of the sacred texts of the Jewish people while also rendering them null and void. It was not only a matter of Christians choosing not to follow the man-dates of the Torah, but it was also to invalidate the legitimacy of continued Jewish observance and fidelity to it. The goal was, in effect, the killing of the Torah.
Reasonable Faith
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Author : William Lane Craig
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Reasonable Faith written by William Lane Craig and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Religion categories.
Perfect as a textbook yet excellent for lay readers, this updated edition builds a positive case for Christianity by applying the latest thought to core theological themes. J. Gresham Machen once said, "False ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the gospel"-which makes apologetics that much more important. Wanting to engage not just academics and pastors but Christian laypeople and seekers, William Lane Craig has revised and updated key sections in this third edition of his classic text to reflect the latest work in astrophysics, philosophy, probability calculus, the arguments for the existence of God, and Reformed epistemology. His approach-that of positive apologetics-gives careful attention to crucial questions and concerns, including: the relationship of faith and reason, the existence of God, the problems of historical knowledge and miracles, the personal claims of Christ, and the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus. He shows that there is good reason to think Christianity is true. As Craig says, "If you have a sound and persuasive case for Christianity, you don't have to become an expert in comparative religions and Christian cults. A positive justification of the Christian faith automatically overwhelms all competing world views lacking an equally strong case."
To Kill A Rabbi
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Author : Reuben Slonim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
To Kill A Rabbi written by Reuben Slonim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Authors, Canadian (English) 20th century Biography categories.
Thou Shalt Not Kill
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Author : John Mortimer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-01
Thou Shalt Not Kill written by John Mortimer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01 with Detective and mystery stories categories.
A collection of crime stories by authors including John Mortimer, Ellis Peters, Charlotte Armstrong, Ralph McInerny and G.K. Chesterton.
Summary Of The Torah With Liberal Commentary
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Author : Robert H. Schram
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2023-03-15
Summary Of The Torah With Liberal Commentary written by Robert H. Schram and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with Religion categories.
The Documentary Hypothesis posits that there are four major sources of the Torah (J, E, P, and D) canonized in about 400 BCE. The historic and archeological evidence supports the fact that many very similar Torah stories and laws predated it by many centuries. With the number of punishments being over three times the number of rewards, the authors make it very clear that our vengeful God does not hesitate to punish anyone who does not obey his commands including the Israelites. Furthermore, the punishments are considerably more horrible than the rewards are wonderful. God punishes all humanity by killing everyone with a flood except Noah and his family and as a reward He promises never to do it again. Many times, God has threatened to wipe the people out and has killed many tens of thousands in punishment but has never let them perish (reward). In contradiction God commands people to live a maximum of 120 years that is contradicted on many occasions. Soon after flooding the earth killing all except Noah and his family God forbids people to kill other people. Repetitions occur once, twice, or many times. The repetitions are in all Five Books: Pharoah’s hardened heart and what God did for the Israelites in Egypt is repeated thirty-nine times. The Teachings (i.e., the Torah) are for all time (repeated forty-eight times). The wonders God performed is repeated thirteen times and his promises occur sixty times. Making an oath, a pledge, or a vow is repeated seventy-one times, twenty-three times and nineteen times respectively. Many of the commandments are redundant varying language to say the same thing usually with a negative and a positive commandment. Many are repeated in more than one Book. Deception and lying are human traits utilized by both humans and God. God deceives Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac to test his faithfulness and at the last moment gives him a ram entangled in a thicket to sacrifice instead of his son. Rebekah who favored her son Jacob over Esau deceived her husband Isaac who favored Esau into blessing Jacob disguised as Esau. Laban deceived Jacob and received fourteen years of his labor so he could marry his two daughters, Leah, and Rachel. Rachel deceives both her husband Jacob and her father Laban by secretly taking Laban’s idols. Simeon and Levi deceive the men of Shechem with a peace pact they do not uphold. Jacob’s sons deceive their father regarding the fate of their brother Joseph, who they sold to a passing caravan headed toward Egypt. When Er died, his father Judah did not give his wife Tamar one of Er’s brothers so she could bear a child. Tamar deceived Judah into lying with her so she could conceive a child. The Teaching by God is a gift to the Israelites for all time however, it was used as a witness against the people for all their infidelities: Gather to me all the elders of your tribes and your officials, that I may speak all these words to them and that I may call heaven and earth to witness against them (D31:28). Does creating humankind in the likeness of God mean our physical bodies are like our Creators or human characteristics, traits, senses, and personalities are like our Creator, or both? God having human traits and characteristics is clear throughout the Five Books. God’s human traits throughout the five books include: Forgiveness; do for me and I will do for you (tit for tat); remembering; anger and wrath; changing one’s mind; showing one’s power and glory; impassioned; compassionate; making errors; sense of smell and hearing; disowning others; testing others; defiance; showing displeasure and vexation; making promises; abandonment of others; forecasting; vengeance.
One People Two Worlds
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Author : Ammiel Hirsch
language : en
Publisher: Schocken
Release Date : 2009-09-09
One People Two Worlds written by Ammiel Hirsch and has been published by Schocken this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-09 with Religion categories.
After being introduced by a mutual friend in the winter of 2000, Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch and Orthodox Rabbi Yosef Reinman embarked on an unprecedented eighteen-month e-mail correspondence on the fundamental principles of Jewish faith and practice. What resulted is this book: an honest, intelligent, no-holds-barred discussion of virtually every “hot button” issue on which Reform and Orthodox Jews differ, among them the existence of a Supreme Being, the origins and authenticity of the Bible and the Oral Law, the role of women, assimilation, the value of secular culture, and Israel. Sometimes they agree; more often than not they disagree—and quite sharply, too. But the important thing is that, as they keep talking to each other, they discover that they actually like each other, and, above all, they respect each other. Their journey from mutual suspicion to mutual regard is an extraordinary one; from it, both Jews and non-Jews of all backgrounds can learn a great deal about the practice of Judaism today and about the continuity of the Jewish people into the future.
Tell It From The Torah B Raishit Shemot
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Author : Gedalia Peterseil
language : en
Publisher: Devora Publishing
Release Date : 1997
Tell It From The Torah B Raishit Shemot written by Gedalia Peterseil and has been published by Devora Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Religion categories.
In this book, each chapter is dedicated to a different weekly Torah reading (from the books of B'raishit and Shemot), and is composed of several levels of information, such as rabbinic Interpetation, questions to think about, etc.
Torah From The Years Of Wrath
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Author : Henry Abramson
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2018
Torah From The Years Of Wrath written by Henry Abramson and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
Discovered in the rubble of the Warsaw Ghetto, Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira's wartime writings exemplify the faith of Hasidic Jewry under the unimaginable conditions of the Nazi occupation. Published in 1960 under the Hebrew title Aish Kodesh, the notes of Rabbi Shapira's weekly Sabbath sermons and annotations have been studied by pious Hasidim and secular academics alike, seeking his answers to the searing theological questions posed by the war. Why do the righteous suffer? Where was God during the Holocaust? Torah from the Years of Wrath provides a new and essential scholarly contribution by placing Rabbi Shapira's writings in their immediate historical context.
Sefer Hahinnuch
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Sefer Hahinnuch written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with categories.
The Torah S Seventy Faces
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Author : Simcha Raz
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2005-07-28
The Torah S Seventy Faces written by Simcha Raz and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-28 with Fiction categories.
The Torahs Seventy Faces: Commentaries on the Weekly Sidrah Compiled by Simcha Raz Edited with an Introduction by Dov Peretz Elkins The weekly Torah portions have served throughout history as a treasure for teaching and preaching, for law and lore, for discussion and dialog. In each portion, one finds viewpoints and background which elevate the soul, give a sense of awe and wonder, spark encouragement in times of crisis, and motivate creativity and human action. It is no wonder that, over the course of generations, wells of wisdom have sprung from the depths of these weekly lections, from which we can sustain our spirit and slake our thirst, each person according to need and temperament. Pearls of wisdom, ethical lessons, parables, wise proverbs, and tales of parents and children: it is all there. * Our task in this collection of commentaries was to assemble a selection of these treasures, and to present to the reader choice nuggets from these hewn stones. Among the selections are sources from ancient rabbis, Talmudic scholars, and masters of the Midrash, as well as teachers from all periods of our history biblical commentators, Hasidic saints, pious educators and purveyors of ethical tales. The commentaries touch on a plethora of subjects, including relations among people, with our Maker, and with ourselves. In all this, we come to know that our holy Torah has never known boundaries. In every generation, the "people of the book" invested their thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs, recognizing that within these chapters of the Torah are embedded not only pathways that reach to the distant past, but also forms of expression for the harried present and for dreams of the future. (From the Preface)