Tag: Hebrew Bible

  • Was Ketu­rah the Wife or the Con­cu­bine of Abraham ?

    Accord­ing to Gen­e­sis 25:1, Ketu­rah is described as being Abra­ham’s wife : “Abra­ham mar­ried anoth­er wife named Keturah.” The word used for wife in the Hebrew is (​‘ishshah) (Strong’s No. 802)[1] and The Brown-Dri­ver-Brig­gs Hebrew and Eng­lish Lex­i­con (2001) defines the mean­ing of the word as ​“woman, wife, female”[2]. But accord­ing to I Chron­i­cles 1:32, we are…

  • The Event of Wor­ship to the Gold­en Calf

    The Israelites repented about worshipping the golden calf BEFORE Moses returned from the mountain [7:149], yet they refused to repent but rather continued to worship the calf until Moses came back [20:91]. Does Aaron share in their guilt? No [20:85-90], yes [20:92, 7:151].

  • Yalqut Shamouni : Debunk­ing the Mis­at­tri­bu­tion of ​“Tole­doth Yeshu” to Yochanan Ben Zakkai

    Yalqut Shamouni : Debunk­ing the Mis­at­tri­bu­tion of Tole­doth Yeshu” to Yochanan Ben Zakkai

    An arti­cle post­ed on a Chris­t­ian web­site enti­tled Jesus in the Rab­binic Tra­di­tions is a good exam­ple of the lev­el to which reli­gious stud­ies has sunk in recent years, as car­ried out on the Inter­net. The author, one Sam Shamoun, who presents him­self as one who has the knowl­edge to instruct us in his cho­sen sub­ject, is…