June 18, 2011
I. INTRODUCTION The passage Jeremiah 31:30-36[31-37][1] is an important so-called proof-text in the portfolio of Christian apologists and missionaries. One of the unique attributes of this passage in the Hebrew Bible is the occurrence of the phrase (brit hadashah), a new covenant, the only such instance in the entire Hebrew Bible. Consequently, Christian apologists and missionaries point at this passage as […]
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June 17, 2011
A big picture look at the books of the Bible and the Oral Law. by Rabbi Mordechai Becher Excerpted from Gateway to Judaism: The What, How and Why of Jewish Life. The word “Torah,” in its narrow sense, refers to the Five Books of Moses. In a broader sense, however, Torah includes the entire Written Law (Tanach), […]
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