Thursday, August 29, 2024

Midrash Tehillim's Messianic Interpretation of Psalm 16:9

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  "Therefore my heart rejoices, and my soul is glad; even my flesh shall rest in hope." Rabbi Abbahu said, "Honor is exil...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Anson Call and John Steele, Jr., vs. the Claim Joseph Smith Prophesied the Second Coming Would Take Place in 1890/91

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On January 22, 1886, John M. Whitaker queried Anson Call concerning if the Prophet Joseph Smith ever prophesied the date of the Second Comin...

Harris Lenowitz on the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist

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    John’s baptism of Jesus lies within the tradition of prophets anointing prophets. The association of the baptism scene in Matthew with...

Excerpts from Books 2, 3, and 4 of “The Wars of the Lord” by Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides) (d. 1344)

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    Now prophecy differs from divination and dreams in several ways. First, prophecy is a perfection that is attained after study; hence t...

Seymour Feldman on Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides) on the topic of Demons and Magic

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Commenting on the demonology of Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides), Seymour Feldman wrote that:   In Leviticus 17:17, the Israelites are expl...

Strack and Billerbeck on Matthew 5:48

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    5:48: You shall therefore be perfect, as your Father in heaven is perfect. τέλειος “perfect” = תָּמִים or שָׁלֵם .—It is said of A...

Frank Gavin on "apostle" and "deacon"

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    Both “apostle” and “deacon” are Hebrew terms. Before the Christian era the pregnant use of the verb to send ( shalaḥ ) indicates a tec...