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01 Three Ways to See Hanukkah Audio
This lesson on Hanukkah was recorded live with audience participation. Three ways to see the holiday: Pop-culture, Spiritual and Historical perspectives. How far back do Hanukkah traditions go?
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Beyond Menorahs and Dreidels
Hanukkah is so much more than Menorahs and Dreidels. Learn more about this celebration and its history in this three-part seminar (exclusively on pshir.com) In this hour and a half we explore what the book of Maccabees tells us about Hanukkah. We also consider how Josephus explains those events
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Who Was Judah the Maccabee? by Breaking Matzo
Spend a couple of minutes and get a quick summary about Judah Maccabee in this informational video by Breaking Matzo. Learn who Judah was and why he is significant in Jewish history.
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God's Name in the Hebrew Bible: Yahweh, Jehovah & Adonai
I was lecturing to a group of students at a Christian University and one of the students asked me about God's name in the Hebrew Bible. Is it Yahweh, is it Jehovah? This video an excerpt from my lecture. I put my notes aside and explain the popular
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Was Jesus the First Christian? by Bible History
If Jesus was a Jew, and Christianity became his religion, then it makes sense that Jesus was the first Christian. However, Dr. James Charlesworth, of Princeton Theological Seminary argues that this was just not the case; Jesus did not part ways with Judaism.
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Did Paul Actually Convert to Christianity? by Bible History
The late Dr. Krister Stendahl, of Harvard Divinity School, suggests that he did not. This video summarizes his reasons why. Stendahl notices that Paul and the author of Acts describe Paul's transformative experience with Jesus in the same terms as the Jewish prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel describe
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Have Kosher Laws Been Abolished? by Bible History
In his book, Torah Praxis After 70 CE: Reading Luke-Acts as Jewish Texts, Dr. Isaac Oliver of Bradley University argues that Peter's vision in Acts is not about the abolishment of kosher laws, but the “purification and sanctification of Gentile believers"
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3 Ways Scholars View Paul's Relationship to Judaism by Bible History
In the Jewish Annotated New Testament, Dr. Paula Fredriksen summarizes 3 of the top ways scholars view Paul's relationship to Judaism. Was Paul against Judaism? Alongside? Or did he remain within Judaism throughout his entire life?
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Did Jesus Abolish the Torah? by Bible History
Erik and Jonathan, the hosts of the YouTube Bible History channel consider this controversial question and present opinions that some would agree with and others would wish to challenge. It's a loaded question.
The Best Hebrew-English Bibles 3: Artscroll Tanakh
The ArtScroll Hebrew-English Tanakh (Stone Edition) consists of 24 books of the Jewish Bible broken up in the customary divisions of Torah, Prophets, and Writings all in one 2200 page volume. The edition follows the right to left order with Hebrew on the right side and English translation on the
The Best Hebrew-English Bibles 2: JPS Tanakh
The JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh (Student Edtion) features the traditional Masoretic Hebrew text (Biblia Hebraic Stuttgartensia) and the Jewish Publication Society’s renowned English translation. The Jewish Publication Society English translation is widely read in American Jewish congregations, a result of a 30-year interdenominational collaboration by respected Jewish Bible scholars. The
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The Best Hebrew-English Bibles 1: The Koren Jerusalem Tanakh
The Koren Hebrew-English Tanakh (Magerman Edtion) offers an eloquent and faithful modern translation of the Torah, Prophets, and Writings with beautiful Koren Hebrew text. This 2096 page volume uses the standard Hebrew text broken up in a traditional way and supplied with some minimal notes. Though this edition follows the