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A Modern Day Passover Sacrifice

March 29, 2013 1 Comment

We talk about Jesus as the true lamb of Passover, but moderners have a hard time imagining what that means. We have no mental imagery of what a Temple sacrifice ceremony was like. We know that the disciples joined crowds of other worshipers in the Temple to sacrifice a lamb, which they roasted and ate […]

Filed Under: Blog, Uncategorized Tagged With: Easter, Jewish Feasts, Passover

Teaching about Blessing the Lord

March 14, 2013 Leave a Comment

Just an update — I’ll be speaking about the rich Jewish prayer traditions that Jesus observed at Grace Church in Granger, Indiana this Saturday (March 16). For more info about the event, see this page. I’m speaking about the chapter in Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus called “For Everything a Blessing.” If you […]

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Learning to Think in Hebrew

February 18, 2013 6 Comments

I recently told you about some of the interesting Norwegian words I grew up saying, like “uff-da” and “vasakope.” As my immigrant ancestors were learning English, they hung on to words in their mother tongue that did a better job of expressing what they meant to say. My relatives weren’t the only ones doing this. […]

Filed Under: Articles, Blog Tagged With: Bible study, Bible Translation, Biblical Language, Biblical Worldview, Hebrew Words

Uff-da, Sputten & Vasakope: Words without Equal

February 12, 2013 14 Comments

I’ve been thinking about Hebrew words and language lately, and analyzing the words that I use. I’ve noticed that my vocabulary is peppered with words from other languages. Many of my unusual words come from my Norwegian ancestors. For instance, I grew up saying uff-da. Many have seen “uff-da” on bumper-stickers and refrigerator magnets, but I […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bible Translation, Biblical Language, Hebrew Words

List of all OurRabbiJesus articles, 2009-2012

January 22, 2013 4 Comments

Whenever I visit a website with years of writing on a topic that I’m interested in, I wish I had a simple list of links to all of the article titles. So below you’ll find a downloadable document with links to all my articles from 2009-2012. It is a MS Word (.doc) file. I also […]

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Learn About the Life of a Shepherd

January 17, 2013 23 Comments

It’s hard to read very far in your Bible before bumping into shepherds. We find them in parables, psalms and Christmas stories. Many of our biblical heroes (both men and women) herded sheep, like Jacob, Rebecca, Moses and David. And Jesus even pictured the final judgment in shepherding terms — as separating the sheep from […]

Filed Under: Blog, Blog: Book Reviews Tagged With: Bible times, Christmas, David, Faith Lessons, farmer, Herding, Israel, Jerusalem, Last Judgment, Margaret Feinberg, Middle East, Moses, Nogah Hareuveni, Pastoralists, Philip Keller, Pictorial Library of Bible Lands, Psalms, Sheep, Shepherd, shepherding, The Sheep and the Goats, Todd Bolen

Top Ten Favorite Articles of 2012

January 4, 2013 Leave a Comment

Here are readers’ favorite articles from Our Rabbi Jesus: His Jewish Life and Teaching over this past year. Below that I’ve shared a few that were highlights for me personally. I’m glad if my writing has blessed you, and hope to continue as the Lord gives me ability.   …Drumroll…   1. What Does the […]

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The Dust Bowl and the Plagues

December 3, 2012 3 Comments

Dust Storm Coming

Have you ever wondered what it was like during the plagues? It seems beyond imagining to endure multiple waves of destruction, as the Egyptians did. Hail wipes out your crops. Disease destroys all your cattle. And on and on, ten times. This came to mind several times as I watched a new PBS documentary by […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Moses, Old Testament, Passover

Stop Book Evaporation Syndrome!

October 29, 2012 9 Comments

If you’re reading this blog, chances are that you’re a little bookish, like me, and that you appreciate a good church library. So you’ll resonate with my feelings about the conversation I had this past weekend. A few years ago my church had a budget to buy a bookcase full of resources for an in-depth […]

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Jesus’ Wife? Scholars Weigh In (Updated 10/3)

October 3, 2012 7 Comments

(UPDATED 10/3/12 – See new links at bottom.)  If you’ve been reading the news lately, there’s no way you can miss the latest media craze about “Jesus’ Wife.” It’s based on the wording of a papyrus fragment that was found in Egypt that is thought to date to about 400 AD, if it is not […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Biblical Archaeology, Historical Jesus

Great Books for Learning to Walk Like Rabbi Jesus

September 27, 2012 15 Comments

Words That Hurt, Words That Heal

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog called “Good First Reads About Jesus’ Jewish Context” which shared what I’d give to people who are just beginning to learn about Hebraic studies. Many of you wonder what else I recommend. You’d think that the next books I’d suggest would be more history. But discipleship is […]

Filed Under: Blog, Blog: Book Reviews, Uncategorized Tagged With: * Important Questions *, Book reviews, Discipleship, Jesus, Joseph Telushkin, Messianism, Recommended Books, Religion_Belief, Talmidim

Ushpizin – A Great Movie for Sukkot

September 27, 2012 6 Comments

Ushpizin

In a few days, Jewish people around the world will be celebrating the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles) in small “booths” or “tabernacles” they have built in their yards. They’ll live in these little huts for seven days (or at least eat their meals there), in order to remember God’s care during their 40-year wilderness trek […]

Filed Under: Blog, Blog: Book Reviews Tagged With: Abraham, Jewish Feasts, Judaism, Sukkot

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