This is no easy task. It involves appreciating what biblical texts meant in their earliest contexts and then explaining how over the centuries different communities with different concerns developed different interpretations. This war continues today, when a Christian tells a Jew, “ You obviously don t understand your Bible because, if you did, you would see how it predicts the Messiah Jesus ,” and when a Jew responds, “ Not only do you Christians see things in the text that are not there; you mistranslate and you yank verses out of context .” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/82c0541f0191/are-you-sure-you-understand-what-we-are-exploring
Blogs about the life of the real Jewish Jesus whose actual name was Yeshua. View his life, teachings and movement in the cultural context of first century Galilee and Judea. Using a Linguistic Model to more accurately understand what his words meant to his original Jewish apostles, followers and audiences.