What follows is a slightly edited and expanded reprise of a blog post I did about ten years ago. Unfortunately, it is even more timely now than it was then. I had been invited to address a group of Presbyterian seminarians in various stages of immersion in the clerical world of the PC(USA). I was […]
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We continue here our serialized review of Amy-Jill Levine's The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. Dr. Levine is an Orthodox Jew who teaches New Testament Theology at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School. We here continue our examination of her second chapter, “From Jewish Sect to Gentile Church." In this section of the […]
The Ten Commandments are not called that in Scripture. Rather they are called “The Ten Words,” and they are the core of the Covenant Code, the compact Hashem made with our people at Sinai. The Ten Words are useful in so many ways. Even though they are of course primarily designed to be the basic […]
Today we continue our serialized review of Amy-Jill Levine's The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. Dr. Levine is an Orthodox Jew who teaches New Testament Theology at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Today's we begin examining her second chapter, “From Jewish Sect to Gentile Church,” and we will continue that examination next […]
Here I continue a serialized review of Amy-Jill Levine's The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. Dr. Levine is an Orthodox Jew who teaches New Testament Theology at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School. What follows are some key ideas from her first chapter, and my reflections. Judaism and Christianity both see […]
This is another of our Lessons for Living from Moses our Mentor, which we feature every week on what we have come to call Torah Tuesdays. You may expect such lessons each week at this time as we examine the life and teachings of Moshe Rabbenu, Moses our Teacher. This week's lesson is from Parshat Yitro, which covers Shemot/Exodus, chapters eighteen […]
I have just finished reading a remarkable book by Amy-Jill Levine, The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. The book is remarkable because its author is a remarkable person. Dr. Levine is an Orthodox Jew who teaches New Testament at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville Tennessee. This alone would […]
Here at Interfaithfulness we have a unique niche, outlined in our name. By taking that name apart, you can get a rough but accurate outline of who we are. Our name breaks down into three components: Interfaith - We explore the synergy between Judaism and Christianity Faithful - We promote faithfulness to the God of […]
This is part of our series on Lessons for Living from Moses our Mentor. Today we we will be looking at the first half of Parshat Beshalach, [Exodus 13:17-17:16]. This section of Exodus teaches us about faith and about time. As with our other lessons in this series, there is something here for everyone. Find […]
Here I am calling for some measure of humility from Christians who are quick and eager to generalize about Muslims and the Koran. The person to whom I am responding was making global statements about the Koran, Muslims, and violence. We have all heard such rhetoric. In this response, I am calling for some sort […]
