Questions tagged [jewish-culture]
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According to Trinitarians, does Tuggy get Jesus' argument at John 10:33-36 right?
Dale Tuggy, a Biblical Unitarian, more formally presents Jesus' argument at John 10:34-36.
"34 Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you
are gods’? 35 If he called them ...
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What reason is there to believe that 1st C Jews thought that being the Son of God = God?
One poster ask me the above question. Does anyone have a scriptural answer? I have one and will post it soon.
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Jewish traditions regarding the Sabbath at the time of Jesus?
What are some of the Jewish (mishnaic) traditions regarding keeping the Sabbath, that were not specified in Torah? I am interested in knowing the traditions especially prevalent during the time of ...
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Cultural evidence or origins that name order indicated importance or authority
In the situation with Priscilla and Aquila, name order is often an argument within the egalitarian/complementation debates.
Listing order has been used to point out significance or importance in a ...
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Giving a name while doing circumcision?
It was claimed that the recent tradition in Judaism to give a name to babies while doing circumcision, is documented already in the New Testament. Is it true?
I'm looking for the source / reference.
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Did Jesus have His Last Supper standing?
At Exodus 12:11 we see the Lord instructing the Israel on how to go about the first Passover :
" This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your ...
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What evidence is there that Jewish weddings staged a mock kidnapping of the bride?
Proponents of a rapture sometimes say that Jewish weddings staged a mock kidnapping of the bride, which is a symbol for the future rapture of the church. For example another answer quotes Nancy ...
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Why is Christianity fixated on ancient Israeli culture? Is such a 'spacetime-lock' evidence of falsehood?
When I studied Mohammed's religion, I thought the insistence and enforcement of 7th century Arabian culture (e.g. diet, clothing, marriage, law) on the entire planet unreasonable, and evidence it was ...
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Why did the ancient Jews use a candelabrum with 7 candles?
Why did the ancient Jews use a candelabrum with 7 candles?
I don't understand why it's not 8 or 6 or 10 or 6 or 1 or 1 or 2?
Can you please assist me with this matter of the upmost importance?
Do ...
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How do adherents of sola scriptura respond to "extra" biblical beliefs?
"Extra" in the sense that these beliefs were kept by the Jews but not found in the (39 book) old testament, but nevertheless recorded in the new testament books.
And coming he dwelt in a city ...
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Did Jesus celebrate Hanukkah?
John 10:22–24 (NIV) says:
22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,
23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.
24 The Jews who were there ...
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How is the situation of "divorce her quietly" in Matthew 1:19 according to Catholicism?
Matthew 1:19
Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not
want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her
quietly.
In these modern days, in my ...
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Are there or have there been any Christian traditions that follow Kosher food laws?
Kosher food laws are part of Judaism, from which Christianity grew.
But what Christian denominations or traditions follow, or historically have observed Kosher food laws?
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Was it culturally acceptable for the sinful woman to enter the Pharisee's house to see Jesus?
This is an odd question I know and I'm not very hopeful I'll find a good answer. But has it ever stricken you odd that in Luke 7, the woman who comes to see Jesus just straight walks into the Pharisee'...
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Did the Jews think it was immoral to have leprosy?
He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.”
Immediately the leprosy left him. He commanded him to tell no one, “But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, ...
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What is the significance of Palm branches?
I've been pondering this question for a while. With Easter right around the corner, I figured this is the perfect time to ask. See these verses:
Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, ...
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Does the fact that Joseph was a *tekton* require that Jesus was as well?
I am not a scholar, but it always bothers me when preachers assume Jesus was a carpenter. And I've read the answers that project that his work was most likely in stone.
But, as I understand it, at ...
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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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Was baptism practiced before Christ?
A simple word search for "baptism" in the Old Testament turns up no matches. However by the time John the Baptist shows up on the scene and starts dunking people and calling it "for forgiveness of ...
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Why did Jesus refuse to accommodate the Pharisees insistence on washing hands before eating bread?
In the New Testament we find various rules of accommodating others in the spirit of love and peace. For example:
To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became ...
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Does ‘palm branches’ in Palm Sunday draw meaning from Jewish culture, or Greco-Roman culture that the Jews adopted?
Two verses connected two 'palm branches' are:
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "...
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