Tag: jews
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Isaiah 40, Tannaitic Rabbis, “Goyim,” and Rosen-Zvi
While doing research for my previous post, I had found an interesting passage in one of Ishay Rosen-Zvi’s papers: In other words, a few centuries after Christ, the Jewish rabbis had twisted a passage in scripture (namely Isaiah 40.17) in order to construct the notion of “goyim” as “gentiles.” For the record, Rosen-Zvi is himself…
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Times that Israel is Called “Goy” or “Goyim” in the Bible
Typically speaking, the word “goy” (plural “goyim”) is used to mean a Gentile, aka a non-Jew. Merriam-Webster Dictionary simply defines the word as “a non-Jewish person.” The Hebrew word “גּוֹי” (gôy) from which it derives simply means a nation or nations, but is frequently translated as “Gentiles” or “heathen” in the Hebrew Bible (Strong’s H1471).…
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Thoughts on the “Is Christianity A Jewish Conspiracy?” (SCTP #118) Debate
Disclaimer: I had started planning this post in January of 2023. However, various personal commitments prevented me from finishing what I had started over the past few or so months. Apologies for the delay in posting. Back in September 2022, I made a post on a Crucible debate between Adam Green and David Patrick Harry.…
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Suppliments to the SCTP #118 post
This post is supplementary to my post titled Thoughts on the “Is Christianity A Jewish Conspiracy?” (SCTP #118) Debate. I would advise you to read that post, too. Disclaimer: I had started the draft for this post in January of 2023. However, various personal commitments prevented me from finishing what I had started over the…
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St. John Chrysostom on the Wise Men and Star of Bethlehem
Here is an interesting passage from St. John Chrysostom’s homiles on Matthew – where he talks about the Star of Bethlehem and the Magi, along with the nature of the Old Covenant – that I stumbled across: Seest thou, by what store of proofs this star is shown not to be one of the many,…
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Dogs, Women, and Exact Words: On Jesus and the Syrophoenician (Matthew 15.21-28)
One particular passage from the Bible that garners heat from skeptics is the story of Jesus and the Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman, recorded in the Gospels. Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy…
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My Thoughts on the ‘Is Christianity True?’ (Adam Green vs. David Patrick Harry) Debate
Last week on the 14th of September 2022, a live debate was hosted by Andrew Wilson on “The Crucible” (YouTube – Odysee). The debate was titled “Is Christianity True?” and it was between Adam Green (of “Know More News”) and David Patrick Harry (of “Church of the Eternal Logos”). David is an Eastern Orthodox Christian,…
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Paul and the Old Testament 2: God’s People
This post is part of a series called “Paul and the Old Testament”. St. Paul the Apostle is often accused – whether by atheists, Muslims, Jewish Rabbis, Judaizing “churches”, or others – of contradicting what the books of the Old Testament teach and introducing new doctrines. These posts are here to show that the Christianity…
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Paul and the Old Testament 1: God of the Gentiles
This post is part of a series called “Paul and the Old Testament”. St. Paul the Apostle is often accused – whether by atheists, Muslims, Jewish Rabbis, Judaizing “churches”, or others – of contradicting what the books of the Old Testament teach and introducing new doctrines. These posts are here to show that the Christianity…
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