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The Jesus Narrative In The Talmud

Written by Gil Student Introduction There are four main passages in the Talmud that are alleged by some to discuss the story of Jesus' life and death. What we will do here is to analyze closely these passages and see the reasons one may or may not attribute these stories to the life of Jesus. We will also look at another two passages that help us identify our protagonist(s). We will quickly realize that there are great difficulties in stating that any of these texts refer to Jesus. We will

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 17 min read

This SIngle Verse Is A Conditional Statement You Have Missed

Continued from Part 20 ISAIAH 53:10 53:10: “If he would offer himself as a guilt-offering” The suffering servant as a guilt-offering Following the initial declaration that it was God’s will for the servant to suffer, the verse is written as a conditional statement. If condition A is satisfied, then the outcome B will occur. That is, the rewards of verse 10 are contingent on the servant’s willingness to offer himself as anasham, “guilt-offering.” In a literal sense the verse says, “If his

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 3 min read

Analysis of Jesus Claiming To Be Pure And Sinless

Continued from Part 21 Making the unsuitable suitable New Testament style It is alleged that Jesus was spiritually pure and sinless and that his supposed sacrificial death was prefigured in the Jewish Scriptures by images and types (e.g. Isaiah 53, Psalm 22). But who says he was spiritually pure and sinless? Who says his death was prefigured in the Jewish Scriptures? Only the tendentiously self-serving authors of the New Testament and their adherents! But, why do the New Testament authors

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 2 min read

Where Christian Beliefs of The Trinity Are Incorrect

PART 1: INTRODUCING THE PROBLEM The notion of a triune deity In trinitarian Christian belief there are three conscious personalities existing in one divine being or substance: the union in one God of Father, Son and Holy Spirit as three infinite, coequal and coeternal persons; one God in three persons. Many Christian scholars acknowledge that the concept of the Trinity cannot be substantiated from the Jewish Scriptures. Nevertheless, there are misunderstandings of the Jewish Scriptures by

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 2 min read

Where The New Testament Refutes The Christian Trinity

Continued from Part 1 PART 2: THE PROBLEM OF THE SON The Master and the servant There are many New Testament passages that refute the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. An examination of statements attributed to Jesus by the Gospels, shows that he never said he was God or a part of God. Jesus spoke of his Father in heaven as his God (John 20:17), to whom he attributed superior authority, knowledge, and greatness (Matthew 20:23, Mark 13:32, John 14:28). The Trinity doctrine says “the Fathe

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 3 min read

How Could Jesus Still Be All Knowing After His Resurrection?

Continued from Part 2 Similarly, when asked if he would “at this time” restore the kingdom of Israel (Acts 1:6) Jesus replied: “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has placed in His own jurisdiction” (Acts 1:7). Are we to conclude that the “equal” partners of the triune godhead have powers and knowledge, which they do not share with each other? Even after his supposed resurrection, Jesus is still not all-knowing but is said to receive increments of knowledge from God.

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 3 min read

Coequality Necessities Within The Trinity

Continued from Part 3 John quotes Jesus as saying: “I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am” (John 14:28). Is this coequality within the Trinity? According to the New Testament, Jesus referred to God as “my God” both before and after his supposed resurrection (Matthew 27:46; John 20:17; Revelation 3:12). Thus, according to the New Testament, Jesus did not consider himself to be God or God’s coequal, but instead recognized his subservience to God to whom he must go.

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 3 min read

Does The New Testament Consider God And Jesus To Be The Same?

Continued from Part 8 Paul’s Jesus: A savior but not God The New Testament authors make a definite distinction between the one-and-only God and Jesus, never considering them one and the same. For instance, we find this distinction expressed in the statement: “Kindness and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord” (2 Peter 1:2). This clarifies the meaning of the preceding verse, which reads, in part, “by the righteousness of our God and of [the] Savior Jesus

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Zalman Kravitz

Jun 4, 2025 — 2 min read