Questions tagged [jews]
The descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob(Israel).
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Why didn't the Jews understand "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani"?
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"
Some of those who stood there,...
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Do Christians believe that Jews must still follow the Mosaic law?
Deuteronomy 13:1-4 states:
All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a ...
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According to the Catholic Church, are Jews saved without faith in Jesus?
According to recent news stories, the Vatican has issued a report saying that Jews can be saved without faith in Jesus (see for example here).
This sounds very strange, so my questions are:
Does ...
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Why did the Catholic Church change so radically after Vatican II in regards to the status of Jews?
Before Vatican II in the 1960s, the Church was overtly anti-Jewish. For example:
St. Thomas Aquinas writes in De Regimine Judaeorum (also called Epistola ad ducissam Brabantiae) that "the Jews by ...
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Is it possible for a non-Jew to join Messianic Judaism?
For this question, I would like to first define that someone is a Jew if they meet the halakhic definition. This definition is just for the sake of moving the discussion toward an answer.
Is it ...
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What exactly is manna?
In the Bible account of Exodus, God gives the Jews a type of bread called "Manna".
What exactly is manna? What is in it? Do Jews or Christians still eat it today? If so, do they eat it at certain ...
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Which denominations believe that the misfortunes of Jews are a result of "God's curse" for their killing of Jesus?
In this answer user Mike made the following statement:
For the curse they put upon themselves was later brought to pass in
the actual destruction of their nation which occurred in 70 A.D. Their
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What did salvation mean to the Israelite people of the OT?
Modern Christians have various ideas of salvation since Jesus came (going to heaven when you die; free from the curse of the law; set free from the flesh, the devil and the world; adopted into God's ...
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How does the ancient Jewish Wedding tradition foreshadow Christ and the church?
I remember something about the ancient Jewish Wedding Ceremony being a foreshadowing of Christ and the Church. Kay Arthur authored a novel that illustrates this idea, entitled With an Everlasting ...
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Is Israel still God's Chosen Nation according to Catholic doctrine?
I encountered an opinion that the Old Covenant is still valid and that Israel is still the Chosen Nation of God. I haven't checked the accuracy of the source, but I read on the Internet that St. John ...
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Why would a loving God prefer one nation over another? [closed]
Deuteronomy 14:2
"For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has
chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the
peoples who are on the face of the earth. "
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Was it a miracle of God that the Jews incriminated themselves and their children in the blood of Jesus?
The Bible said that the Jews as a whole accepted the guilt of killing Jesus and declared guilty themselves and their descendants:
"When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that ...
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Did Jesus himself assert the fact that he belonged to some religion like Judaism?
It is assumed that Jesus was a Jew. I am not asking whether Jesus was a Jew or not (as we all know that Jesus was born in a "Jewish" household), but does Jesus explicitly call himself a Jew? Rather ...