Books : The Jewish New Testament Commentary
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 225.7
EAN: 9789653590083
ISBN: 9653590081
Label: Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc
Manufacturer: Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 960
Publication Date: 1992-10
Publisher: Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc
Sales Rank: 59345
Studio: Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc
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- The Torah (Law of Moses)--is it in full force today? Yeshua (Jesus) said, "Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah... I have come not to abolish, but to complete." What did he mean?
- Sha'ul (Paul) wrote, "All Israel will be saved." Was he speaking of all Jews? Messianic Jews (Jews who believe Yeshua is the Messiah)? The Church? Who is Israel?
- Why did Yeshua juxtapose the saying, "Do not store up for yourselves wealth here on earth" and "The eye is the light of the body"?
Dr. David Stern, a Messianic Jew living in Jerusalem, speaks to these and other issues in the Jewish New Testament Commentary. In this companion volume to his widely read and highly acclaimed "Jewish New Testament," he offers an exciting and original way of understanding the New Testament from a Jewish point of view.
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Please pay no attention to the negative reviews: their authors have serious axes to grind; as such, their reviews do not address the subject at hand. That having been said...
I inherited this commentary from my late mother. What a blessing - and great study tool! This is packed with many insights into Jewish culture and traditions of Old and New Testament (and later) eras, and how they contributed to the writings (e.g., idioms and allusions) of those first evangelists, and to their reception as well - to say nothing of the reception of Jesus Himself!
While the author is secure in his faith tradition, he is not dogmatic or opinionated: where more than one interpretation of translation or doctrine is possible, at least on those topics I am familiar with, he states the various arguments concisely but is respectfully neutral.
Well done, Dr. Stern!
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Good background information on the Jewishness of the first-century church. Commentary is not as in-depth as some others, but it does help us read the text through Jewish eyes.
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'Complete Jewish Bible' goes with
'Jewish New Testament Commentary'.
After I found the commentary on
(Luke 17:20-21) 'The Kingdom of God'
between 'among you' and 'within you',
as is (Mattew 27:25) 'His Blood Be On Us...'
note is a beaut.
Round here it seems like during
lynching of Jesus Christ
when i start talkin 'Jesus'
I am not welcome...younger
neighbours are 'not interested'
...
Commentary made five stars.
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Book arrived promptly and in great condition. The Jewish perspective and background on the Bible has become for me absolutely indispensible to my study of the Word. Much of the understanding of the Bible has been lost to us because our lack of understanding of this perspective.
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I bought the New Testament Commentary at the same time as the Complete Jewish Bible, both works by Dr. Stern. The Commentary is a good reference and I look forward to using it. But I found a few things that disappointed me.
The author, Dr. Stern, is a Messianic Jew. In that light, I was hoping for some real insight into the Jewish Messianic thought. To the contrary, Dr. Stern mocks the distinction between Messiah ben Joseph and Messiah ben David, even though the former strengthens his position. And he never connects the Book of Daniel's Son of Man idea with Messianic thought, even though Jesus repeatedly mentioned it.
From a historical perspective, Jesus did not meet the job description of Messiah. This is one of the reasons Jewish people have little interest in Christianity.
The Messiah was to be a human descendant of King David. We have genealogies in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke that show this lineage, although they conflict with each other. Some say one is Mary's, but her name is not mentioned. The Gospels also say that Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit falling upon the Virgin Mary. OK, so which is it? Joseph or Holy Spirit? No Jewish person I know would leave that issue unchallenged.
The Messiah was to lead the armies of Israel to victory and to restore the kingdom of Israel and put David's descendant to the throne. Jesus preached about God's Kingdom, not a human one. Jesus never raised an army or confronted ... Read More
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