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the foundational Jewish act: recognizing the one divine source of all of creation.
David Kasher • ParshaNut: 54 Journeys into the World of Torah Commentary
evaluate past interpreters of the faith. Since oppression of the weak by the powerful is one of those elements, we can put the critical question to Athanasius, Augustine, or Luther: What has the gospel of Jesus, as witnessed in Scripture, to do with the humiliated and the abused? If they failed to ask that question or only made it secondary in
... See moreJames H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
this seems new or surprising to you, this is likely because centuries of Christian anti-Judaism have profoundly distorted the way Judaism is seen and understood, even, tragically, by many—probably most—Jews.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
In protesting, the psalmists reach out to a God who loves them.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
There’s an old saying in biblical studies (I first heard it from Ben Witherington III) that a text without a context is just a pretext for making it say anything one wants.
Amy-Jill Levine • Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
If we get the context wrong, we’ll get Jesus wrong as well.
Amy-Jill Levine • Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
Every culture has its typical beliefs, norms and values, but these are in constant flux.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens
Augustine’s denigration of women is no less objectionable than John MacArthur’s, no matter how venerable Augustine’s writings might be.