I have no clue what this is suppose to mean. Do you?Nope, there is a reason Christians are not Jewish. This is one of them.
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I have no clue what this is suppose to mean. Do you?Nope, there is a reason Christians are not Jewish. This is one of them.
What is the source of the modern Tanakh. I though it relied on the greek too at least in part.
The point I was trying to make is that when one speaks of absolute certainty when it comes to interpretation, they are basically sounding as if they're a prophet.The Protestants pretty much made every Christian a prophet vis the Holy Spirit, as schizophrenic as that may seem to you. (me too honestly)
More the latter. One of the commonly heard sayings is "if an interpretation defies reason, go with reason and look for alternative interpretations". Of course what's "reason" to one person may not at all be reasonable to another.I wonder, do Jews experience this personal communication with God through the HS? Or are they left to rely on their own "human" understanding of the Tanakh
You would need to ask someone else. All I know is that if it differs from the Church's version it's wrong.
I have no clue what this is suppose to mean. Do you?
Intellectual honesty.It's quite easy.
Christians
Are
Not
Jewish
So why would we use Jewish interpretations?
Intellectual honesty.
I think that I do take their interpretations into consideration, and it is the correct thing to do if we are going to say that we are Bible-based. Consider this couple verses in Romans about it: "What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God." (Romans 3:1-2) This also bears out historically as they have kept the written words very carefully, so I don't see why any Christian would want to evade Jewish interpretations.So why would we use Jewish interpretations?
the book is 4000 years old. the odds of it not being changed at some point if very slim.For example?
yeah, know im not of an Abrahamic faith. but I put Creedence in that whole "Gods chosen people" I mean most Nobel prize winners great scientists and head bankers are Jewish. they seem to be winning the game quite a bit. if there is an Abrahamic God I would give them my word too.I think that I do take their interpretations into consideration, and it is the correct thing to do if we are going to say that we are Bible-based. Consider this couple verses in Romans about it: "What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God." (Romans 3:1-2) This also bears out historically as they have kept the written words very carefully, so I don't see why any Christian would want to evade Jewish interpretations.
The point I was trying to make is that when one speaks of absolute certainty when it comes to interpretation, they are basically sounding as if they're a prophet.
More the latter. One of the commonly heard sayings is "if an interpretation defies reason, go with reason and look for alternative interpretations". Of course what's "reason" to one person may not at all be reasonable to another.
yeah, know im not of an Abrahamic faith. but I put Creedence in that whole "Gods chosen people" I mean most Nobel prize winners great scientists and head bankers are Jewish. they seem to be winning the game quite a bit. if there is an Abrahamic God I would give them my word too.
Too many too's, and Tanakhs are expensive. They can cost 100's of dollars. Bible's are practically free of charge. People give them away.
that its the blood? maybe i should become a vampire and only drink jewish bloodMany of whom are atheist. What does that tell you?
That site uses the 1917 JPS version which relies heavily on the KJV.
"God's chosen people" is a goal for Jews rather than a claim, from what I am told. Its not a good reason for using Jewish scriptures unless you're a Christian. The explanation would be long, but Christian belief that Jews are blessed relates to believing Elijah has come in a specifically Christian non literal way. For Jews its supposed to be a long term goal (I guess) to achieve a crown of glory, however to the Christian they are the preservers of scripture for everyone's sakes. What complicates this a tad is that some Christians consider themselves to be Jews, for example messianic Christians and Roman Catholic priests. I'm not precisely sure about the full history of that situation, but going by that quote from Romans the circumcised are looked at like...a computer database of scripture. No doubt at the time of Roman's writing they were the go-to people for scripture questions.yeah, know im not of an Abrahamic faith. but I put Creedence in that whole "Gods chosen people" I mean most Nobel prize winners great scientists and head bankers are Jewish. they seem to be winning the game quite a bit. if there is an Abrahamic God I would give them my word too.
No doubt, but that is not the question here.the book is 4000 years old. the odds of it not being changed at some point if very slim.
Errr...... ok...... go on.......
KJV "OT" quoters: a recommendation ...
Oh great one..... Old-B listeneth to thy words....actually, two:
Why?..... does it irritate you?1. Don't
Deuteronomy {9:4} Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee............If you're too too cheap, too lazy, and or too disinterested to acquire a decent Tanakh, at least consult a reasonably good translation from a Jewish source, e.g., Sefaria
That statement is stupid on the face of it but, more to the point, it is irrelevant.Yeah you could use some of it.
Christianity and the Jewish faith are completely separate. Or else there would be no need to distinguish.
But we were referring to New Testament writings which were for all practical purposes non-existent to the Apostles. Being Jews of course they had as much access to Hebraic writings as the next guy. But even that was limited as to what was available out of Temple.