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  1. Shermana

    The Suffering Servant as Israel

    So you're saying Isaiah directly contradicts with the account that Israel was oppressed and taken away because of it's many sins I see.
  2. Shermana

    Pe****ta Primacy, Palistinian Prophet, & why Jesus didn't speak Syriac

    I still want to know if Essene.org promotes Torah obedience, because that would be the best surefire way to know if they actually are anything close to being "Essene".
  3. Shermana

    The Suffering Servant as Israel

    When discussing Messianic Prophecies, I often hear that Isaiah 53:10's Suffering Servant is a metaphor for Israel. I simply don't see it. And requests for clarification are not met. I'd like to hear how the Rabbinical opinion came to derive the events of Isaiah 53 as a metaphor for Israel, and...
  4. Shermana

    Jewish Messiah

    And Bar Kokhba fulfilled none. My point is that there's none for a Messiah to fulfill in the first place. The concept of "Fulfilling Messianic prophecy" as an individual is a completely fabricated concept that is not anywhere close to being necessarily true. It's a possible interpretation at...
  5. Shermana

    Christians..."Trinity"?

    I've actually wanted to do that, hire a team of scholars to put together a version of the Bible that has scholarly commentary on all the verses and books, and includes other books that were probably in circulation among early Nazarene groups, including Jewish Gnostics. However until then, I see...
  6. Shermana

    Jesus: The Missing Years in the East

    Balderdash. In China and Korea, there's ALWAYS a price for that. Varies depending on the city.
  7. Shermana

    Which prophecies did Jesus fulfill as to be the Messiah?

    Well anyways, as we can see from the Apostolical constitutions, it seems that the idea that the proto-orthodox were strongly anti-Law may be only what the anti-Judaizers WANTED you to think....so much that they'd resort to redacting the documents to say otherwise.
  8. Shermana

    Which prophecies did Jesus fulfill as to be the Messiah?

    I believe it's not by Paul in the first place. http://www.radikalkritik.de/DID%20PAUL%20WRITE%20GALATIANS.pdf The mainstream standard argument that it's the "Most Pauline" is a prime example of circular reasoning.
  9. Shermana

    Which prophecies did Jesus fulfill as to be the Messiah?

    I'd like to see the proof. Also, the work known as the "Apostolical consitutions" may have in fact had some pro-Law leanings, and was only later redacted by an anti-Judaizer. There may be much evidence that anti-Judaizing redactors had their way with a LOT of ancient manuscripts, including...
  10. Shermana

    Israel and the soon return of Yeshua Christ

    Interesting how the dimensions of the New Jerusalem almost perfectly fit the promised borders of Abraham from the Wadi to the River. I suppose there's some kind of symbolic interpretation of the numbers of Stadia? Also, I don't see anything about "Spiritual Israel" in the text being something...
  11. Shermana

    Jewish Messiah

    Shabbetai Tzvi - My Jewish Learning I must have missed where in this article my question is answered of which prophecies his followers believed he fulfilled. Have YOU read it?
  12. Shermana

    Jewish Messiah

    Jacob Frank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  13. Shermana

    Jewish Messiah

    The point is that it's up to interpretation, we cannot just say something as is a matter of fact, or that another interpretation is completely necessarily wrong. The point is that the Tanakh does not say "This will happen while this person is alive" whatsoever. Nothing gives that indication...
  14. Shermana

    Jewish Messiah

    What prophecies did Zevi's disciples claim he fulfilled in the first place? Or Frank?
  15. Shermana

    Jewish Messiah

    There has not been a single anointed one? By all means, show me where the text says the prophecies will be completed during his life time, that would be great. All the conflicting Rabbinical opinions about it can finally be put to rest!
  16. Shermana

    Jewish Messiah

    Do the Messianic prophecies imply that those events will NOT be catalyzed by force? Why do you think Bar Kokhba was thought to be the Messiah by so many? Zechariah 14 says the Gentiles will go to Jerusalem to obey Succoth, at threat of plague and drought. With that said, I think those who...
  17. Shermana

    Christians..."Trinity"?

    "Preconceived notions" As opposed to those who accept the totality and simply snub all the manuscript evidence and scholarly opinions? I agree it is futile to discuss the Trinity with Trinitarians, it is helpful however to expose their lack of valid arguments to those with an open mind.
  18. Shermana

    Christians..."Trinity"?

    It's more than just that. It's a middle finger to the Pauline or at least antinomian (Anti-Law) churches, I don't think it's even really concerned about the Roman emperor per se as it is about false doctrines and false beliefs. But I do see it as an actual prophetic concept, but it's not just a...
  19. Shermana

    Christians..."Trinity"?

    I discuss all kinds of topics if you didn't notice, including Canonical issues, manuscripts, church history, interpolations and redactions, apocrypha and pseudipigrapha, ancient Israelite Theology specifics, Gnosticism, theistic arguments in general, evolution, world politics, state of Israel...
  20. Shermana

    Which prophecies did Jesus fulfill as to be the Messiah?

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