His parables were subversive to the politics and religion of Judaism. This is one of the reasons Jesus didn’t want everyone to understand what He was saying. If people among the Jewish political and religious ruling class understood what Jesus was saying, they would have crucified Him much so...
How were humans created in Roman mythology? Who is Phaethon in Roman mythology? What happens at a Pagan funeral? How is the afterlife in Chinese mythology different from Greek mythology? In Judaism, what happens when you die? Who is Dis in Roman mythology? Who carries the souls of the dead...
It were an extremely narrow, and, indeed, false view, to regard the difference between Judaism and Christianity as confined to the question of the fulfillment of certain prophecies in Jesus of Nazareth. These predictions could only outline individual features in the Person and history of the ...
Saadia ben Joseph Al-Fayyumi Gaon (b. Egypt 882, d. Iraq 942) is one of the best examples of the impact of Islamic civilization (which absorbed Late Ancient culture and thought) on medieval Judaism in the East. The most distinguished rabbinic scholar of his generation, he was “Gaon” (...
of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. The Apostle does use the pronoun “we” sometimes and includes himself, but one should not assume that he is saying that he is in the same one body as his audience. When he uses ye...
Where do the gods live in Roman mythology? What type of religion did Ancient Greece have? Who was the god of time in Ancient Greece? Who was the king of the Greek gods? What is the holy city of Judaism? Who is the Greek god Eros? What is Olympus called in Roman mythology? Who is...
Acerophobia:It is an intense fear of sourness or things that are sour in taste. Achluophobia:It is a morbid fear associated with darkness, that can create a catastrophic situation for a person especially at night; also called lygophobia, myctophobia, and scotophobia. ...
Tares are poisonous weeds called darnel that look very similar to wheat. To Whom Is Given the Secrets of the Kingdom? Christians often hear how Yeshua taught in parables to keep the secret things of the kingdom hidden. Yet, 24 of His 40 or so parables include an interpretation.(They Taug...
their core.“I am the bread of life.”No longer are we talking about rules or rewards or even righteousness. God is here; God is now, drawing us in, into a story that has been in place long before us and that will continue beyond what we know. But we are still called to remember...
Satan, also known as the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is a non-physical entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood. In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God or typically regarded as a metaphor for the yetzer hara...