Martin Luther (November 1483 – February 1546) was a German professor of theology, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther came to reject many of the teachings and practices of the Medieval Catholic Church. Many evangelicals… Read More ›
A Psalm of David: The LORD says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” Dale Martin is professor of New Testament at Yale University
According to the Gospel of Matthew (see Matthew 5:17-20; 23:1-3; 23:23) Jesus upheld the Torah law which regulates polygamy. If he was opposed to polygamy he would not have said this. Furthermore there is no verse anywhere in the New… Read More ›
Apologies for the imagery. Final pic is of a current magazine cover in Poland, which reads “Islamic rape of Europe”. Source
The following is an article published in the Jewish Chronicle (24 May 2012) – original link – based upon a lecture (see here) given as SOAS on 14 May 2012. By David J Wasserstein, Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University…. Read More ›
But what about the teaching of Jesus on this law in Deuteronomy 13? He upheld it! ‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil…. Read More ›
(This article was originally published in July 2015) The recent Supreme Court decision on Obergefell v. Hodges makes gay marriage legal in the United States. Dr Jonathan Brown (above) a professor at Georgetown University explores how gay marriage would be… Read More ›
Bart Ehrman has just posted this on his Facebook page. The title above and the bold highlights below are mine. For the complete article visit Facebook. In my previous post I started to explain why, based on the testimony of… Read More ›
Judaism: inscription. Christianity: incarnation. Islam: inlibration.
The Tanakh is the canon of the Hebrew Bible. The traditional Hebrew text is known as the Masoretic Text. Tanakh is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text’s three traditional subdivisions: Torah (“Teaching”, also known… Read More ›
The Book of Isaiah is much beloved by Christians for it contains a wondrous prophecy concerning the death and resurrection of Jesus – or so we are told. In Christian-Muslim debates over the meaning of the crucial chapter 53 I have… Read More ›
The Book of Daniel is much beloved by Christians for it contains a wondrous prophecy concerning the coming Messiah – or so we are told. In Christian-Muslim debates over the meaning of the crucial chapter 7 I have always been… Read More ›
A clear and informative discussion – worth watching.
Jesus Loves His Enemies…and Then Kills Them All by Danios on April 23, 2011 on Loonwatch.com This article is part 5 of LoonWatch’s Understanding Jihad Series. Please read my “disclaimer”, which explains my intentions behind writing this article: The Understanding Jihad Series: Is Islam… Read More ›
reblogged from Nazam’s facebook page By trying to understand the Pauline school scriptures (the whole N.T), you really are shooting yourself in the foot. We’re talking about the same scriptures which have two letters by Peter, both of which are… Read More ›
In a fascinating article on Wiki we read of the rights of non-Muslims under the Chief of Media – the prophet Muhammad: The article comments: The Charter of Medina also instituted peaceful methods of dispute resolution among diverse groups living… Read More ›
Christian theologian Vicky Beeching hears the stories about Jesus the Muslim from Cambridge scholar Tim Winter (a.k.a. Abdal Hakim Murad).
Just published on Christianity in Antiquity (CIA): The Bart Ehrman Blog In yesterday’s post I indicated that I really very much wish that we could have some of the writings produced by Paul’s opponents in Galatia. They believed that… Read More ›
Continuing our series of instructive Jewish responses to Christian missionary polemics (see also articles 1, 2, 3) Does The Blood Imperative Make Sense? The Christian insistence that atonement is only possible through blood sacrifice runs into trouble when the Torah discusses the question of those… Read More ›
Continuing our series of instructive Jewish responses to Christian missionary polemics (see also articles 1 & 2) Vicarious Atonement: A Biblical Perspective Is the idea that an innocent person can be killed instead of those who are guilty consistent with what the Bible teaches?… Read More ›
Continuing our series of instructive Jewish responses to Christian missionary polemics. Article 2 is a continuation of Article 1: You Can’t Have It Both Ways Christians usually react to this line of reasoning by protesting that it’s absurd to be so literal,… Read More ›
Starting today on Blogging Theology I will post a series of concise replies by Jewish educators to Christian missionary polemics. Jews, of course, deny that Jesus was the messiah. However, from a Muslim perspective, the Jewish critique of Christianity rightly… Read More ›
A brilliant discussion of Islam, The English Church, Reformation, Catholicism, the ever evolving kaleidoscope of British values, and much, much, more. An intellectual feast! Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad’s Lecture was given at the University of Oslo in 2011. A transcript of… Read More ›
In this new whiteboard animation, Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks explains why he is proud to be a Jew and what it is about Judaism that makes it so unique. I found parts of this video hard to stomach, and other… Read More ›
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