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Jews, Christians, and Jesus
Jews, Christians, and Jesus I’ve just finished a scholarly book whose conclusion left me head-spinningly dumbfounded. Since I’m supposed to be a philosophe by profession, I’m pretty used to scholarly books, bring some acquired insulation to the reading of them, … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient fratricide, anti-Judaism, anti-semitism, attraction to Jesus, “the Son of Man”, Babylonian exile, Bar Kochba, biblical history, biblical Israel, Christian/Jewish dialogue, Christian/Jewish parting of the ways, colloquial Hebrew, Council of Nicea, Daniel 7, Daniel Boyarin’s The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ, defamation, Emmanuel Levinas, fratricidal history, Hebrew language revival, history of Christianity, inter-religious dialougue, intercession for sin, Isaiah 53, Israel reborn, Israelite continuities, Jack Miles’s God: A Biography, Jesus as divine, Jewish continuities, Jewish origin of Christianity, Jewish/Christian reconcilement, Jews and Christians, Jews and Jesus, legendary figure, literary Hebrew, messianic expectations, new anti-Semitism, Nicene Creed, professional philosopher, promised land, rabbinic Judaism, Rabbinic scholars, Rav Tsair, religious persecution, revelation and religion, scholarly book, Second Temple's destruction, Suffering Servant, Talmudist of stature, The Covenant, the forgiveness of sin, the historical Jesus, the Holocaust, the Jesus movement, the Second Exile, vicarious expiation, vilification
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Jesus
Jesus This morning we had one of those leisurely breakfasts that goes on for some hours. The pleasure of being two philosophers who love each other comes into its own at such times. There are philosopher couples who indulge in … Continue reading →
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Tagged 70 C.E., accepting Jesus, Bar Kochba, bar mitzvah, breakfast talk, Christendom, Christian converts, Christian theology, defeating Rome, Delilah, Divine Presence, divine/human union, false messiahs, fighting Rome, Gentile "Friends of God", God's love, God's will, Goliath, houses of worship, human damnation, Jerry L. Martin's "God: an Autobiography as Told to a Philosopher", Jesus, Jesus the Jew, Jesus the Jewish Messiah, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the savior, Jewish congregants, Jewish doctrines, Jewish exile, Jewish/Christian competition, Jews and Jesus, Jews for Jesus, King David, losing the argument, losing the truth, mediation of Jesus, meeting Jesus, Muslim hegemony, original sin, Paul's doctrines, philosopher couples, philosophers in love, philosophical argument, philosophical competetiveness, politics of religion, render unto Caesar, scoring points, self love, self-blame, self-contempt, Shekinah, Socrates, synagogues, talking philosophy, talking to Jesus, Temple Judea, the best religion, The Crucifixion, the Kingdom of God, the Philistines, the Second Temple, winning the argument, winning the truth, zealots
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End Time
End Time I’ve been reading a voluminous book by historian Richard Landes called Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of Millenial Experience. It’s exhaustive. Whew! With contagious verve and overwhelming scholarly exactitude, the book goes into the many ways in which … Continue reading →
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Tagged anti-semitism, anti-semitism in U.S. politics, apocalypse, Bar Kochba, Bill Clinton, blaming the victim, Broaddrick NBC interview, broken pledges, broken promises, campaign promises, charisma in politics, choice of evils, Clinton Impeachment, coarseness toward women, courtesy, credible accusations, criminal rape, crudeness, discourtesy, Donald Trump, end of history, end time, end time syndrome, Enforcers, false messiahs, female vulnerability, gentlemanliness, God's world, God’s work, hardwired beliefs, Hillary Clinton, historians, History, Holocaust Advocacy, Holocaust Denial, Jewish time, Juanita Broaddrick, libertine Gnosticism, lies in politics, Lisa Myers, messiah figures, millennial historians, millennium, new dispensation, normal time, normality, political choices, political competitors, political race, political reprisal, politicians, presidential candidates, presidential race 2016, protocol, public spirit, Richard Landes, Richard Landes’s Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of Millenial Experience, Russia’s foreign aims, Sabbatai Zvi, sanity, sexual predator, threats, Trump’s foreign policy, Trump’s temperament, truth in politics, Vladimir Putin, womanhood
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