Oral Torah

For my virtual field trip, I chose to visit the Jerusalem great synagogue, as a Christian I have learnt a lot about Jerusalem as a special city also as the birth place of Jesus Christ, and I have always believed Jerusalem to be a holy place and a land of sacredness it is also believed to be the city of hope and belonging. The main reason why I chose this worship site is to explore more about important places attached to the Jews. Obviously this online site represents Judaism as a religion, it is…

On Har Sinai, Every mitzvah Hashem told Moshe, Moshe would explain the mitzvah with details. The Torah was given to all the Jewish people and they would teach it to each other and write them down, and remember the explanation of them, which is now called the Torah Shebichtav and the Torah SheBal Peh. The regular rules were given on Har Sinai. When Moshe was about to die, he told the Jewish people that if anyone forgot anything or needed help with anything they should go to him. Yehoshua talked…

“Christian Bible”, further supporting his intention of taking a “Jewishly sensitive” (pg 3) approach in his writing. As discussed in class, Brettler describes the Torah as “Instruction”, or teachings. The second division, Nevi’m, meaning “Prophets”, contain the writings of former and latter prophets, with teaching on how to return to the Torah. Finally Kethuvim are the “Writings”, containing life examples to learn from. Alongside his brief synopsis of the history of ancient Israel, these…

Hanissim" Prayer that we add on Chanukah to our regular daily prayers and grace after meals we recall what the wicked Hellenist Greeks tried to inflict upon our ancestors. They made an effort to force assimilation upon them by causing them to forget the Torah and to follow this by abandoning their fulfillment of the G-dly commands. We thank G-d for enabling Matityahu, the Kohen gadol, and his courageous sons to lead a small band of faithful Jews to achieve a miraculous victory over superior…

During this debate, professors Gilmour and Wakefield discussed the contrasts between biblical interpretation and modern scientific findings. They started by defining the concept of God in Scripture: his character, and motives to create both life and the universe. While Professor Gilmour defended a more conservative interpretation the Scriptures, Professor Wakefield is in favor of a more liberal one; this was noticeable all throughout the duration of the conference. The discussion revolved…

The documentary hypothesis ( Wellhausen hypothesis ) believes that the Torah or the five books of Moses was derived from originally independent, parallel and complete narrative, where it was combined into the current for by a number of editors. In an attempt to reconcile in the 18th and 19th century biblical scholars using sources eventually arrived at the theory that the Torah was composed together from several, each originally a complete and independent document . at…

Deuteronomy, whose main author is Moses, comes from the derivative of two Greek words, deuteros, meaning "second", and nomos, "law." This book, like other normative texts collected in the Pentateuch, highlights what God requires of his chosen people, and he does so by specifying the command that Jesus called "principal": "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength" (Mk 12.30) These words are the spinal cord of the entire discourse, which…

With every religion there is a code, a moral code, to be followed. It is up to the follower to choose to follow them strictly or loosely. People who follow these codes believe that they are closer to to their God or gods and will be accepted into their heaven, nirvana, or any other afterlife. In Judaism, they have what they call “The Ten Commandments”, which were laws or rules handed down to Moses by God. Some of the Ten Commandments were, “You shall not kill”, “ You shall not steal, “You shall…

in his time, it is his prolific rabbinic writings that have posthumously acknowledged him as the Moses of his time, “From Moses until Moses, there was none like Moses.” His three major literary works, the ‘Commentary on the Mishnah’, the ‘Mishnah Torah’ and the ‘Guide to the Perplexed’ have influenced the Jewish expression of faith. By deconstructing and clarifying Jewish practices, law, teachings and principles…

Question 1: Read John 1:1-18, in particular 1:17, “The Law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” What is the background of teaching found with Moses that is a starting point but also a point of departure for Jesus? See especially Exodus 3 for the revelation of God, his holiness, and name. See also Exodus 19 and the setting of the revelation of the Law from Mt. Sinai. How does the teaching of Jesus come to be noted for grace and truth in contrast to the Law…