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Chapter 13 - OF MIRACLE WORKERS AND PROPHETS

Continued from Chapter 12 (Deuteronomy 13:2-4) The New Testament claim that Jesus performed miracles is one more exaggeration on the part of early Christians seeking to impress would-be converts. But the assertion that Jesus performed miracles is irrelevant as far as proving anything concerning his being the Messiah. Deuteronomy 13:2-4 declares: If there arise in the midst of you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, wh

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Chapter 18a - THE VIRGIN MISCONCEPTION MYTH

Continued from Chapter 17 (Isaiah 7:14-16) Isaiah 7:14-16: Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Curd and honey shall he eat, when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good. Yes, before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you have a terror of shall be forsaken. Conceiving the myth The sign of Isaiah 7:14 occupies a prominent place in

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Chapter 18d - THE VIRGIN MISCONCEPTION MYTH

Continued from Chapter 18c How did the respective authors of Matthew and Luke substantiate their claim? They claim that Jesus’ mother was a virgin, and God, not Joseph was his father, so that he was really God’s son from his very conception. Based, in part, on the Septuagint’s rendering of Isaiah 7:14 (or some related recession) Matthew’s text reads: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel” (Matthew 1:23). It should be noted that th

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Chapter 20 OUT OF THE STOCK OF JESSE

Continued from Chapter 19 (Isaiah 11) Isaiah 11 is generally accepted as a passage which speaks of the Messiah and the messianic age. In verse 1 the prophet states: “And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.” The phrase, “out of the stock of Jesse” is a reference to the Davidic dynasty, from which will come an invigorated leader of Israel (“the shoot”) who will be the Messiah. Christians, recognizing that this chapter speaks

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Who is the Moshiach ben Yosef?

In this post, we find out who is the Moshiach ben Yosef. CLAIM: The Rabbis believe in two messiahs, one exalted and one suffering. It’s not two messiahs one exalted and one suffering, but one messiah, first time suffering the second time exalted. ANALYSIS: Missionaries associate this claim with a well-known teaching in the Talmud[^1]. Rabbi Alexandri said Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi opposed two verses. One verse says, ‘with the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man cameRabbi Alexandri said Ra

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Chapter 22i - Christian theological needs

Continued from Chapter 22h Christian theological needs The argument that Jesus died without any significant following is an argument necessitated by the theological need to have Jesus’ life conform to the Christian concept of the suffering servant. But the Gospels argue that Jesus had a significant following among the wellborn as well as among the common people even at the time of his crucifixion. This faithful following, we are told, was not composed of ignorant masses following a mere mira

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Chapter 22j - Nations of the World

Continued from Chapter 22i 53:5: “But he [Israel] was wounded as a result of our [the nations of the world] transgressions, he was crushed as a result of our iniquities.” Christian renderings of the Hebrew text attempt to convey the message that the servant vicariously took upon himself the sins of the people, and this caused him, and not them, to suffer the consequences. This conclusion is arrived at by a distortion of the text. That is, they claim the servant took on the iniquities of other

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CHapter 22p - Isaiah 53:7

Continued from Chapter 22o Isaiah 53:7: “as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; and opened not his mouth” The silence that was a bit too loud Was Jesus humble and silent when he stood before the Jewish officials and then Pilate? In these encounters, Jesus did not show the humility and silence with which Isaiah describes the servant in verse 7. Before the Jewish officials: The alleged encounter between the high priest, the elders, and Jesus is one of vigorous verbal exchange. The Synopti

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