Biblical Thinking Archives - Our Rabbi Jesus https://ourrabbijesus.com/tag/biblical-thinking/ His Jewish Life and Teaching Fri, 13 May 2022 19:42:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 31550207 Check Out the En-Gedi Resource Center Site https://ourrabbijesus.com/check-out-the-en-gedi-resource-center-site/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/check-out-the-en-gedi-resource-center-site/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:13:43 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=7948 Shalom, all – I have some great news – we’ve finished moving hundreds of articles from my first ministry website, the En-Gedi Resource Center, to their new home at EnGediResourceCenter.com. They have also been updated and reorganized by topic to make them easier to find. This has been months of work, so I hope readers […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/check-out-the-en-gedi-resource-center-site/feed/ 2 7948 Free Books on Greek & Hebraic Thought https://ourrabbijesus.com/free-books-on-greek-hebraic-thought/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/free-books-on-greek-hebraic-thought/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:32:51 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=4591 As I research my next book, I’ve been reading up on Jesus’ Hebraic, Jewish culture and how it contrasts with the Western culture in which we live. I keep bumping into great books I haven’t seen before. I thought I’d share a couple that are free to read or download because they are out of […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/free-books-on-greek-hebraic-thought/feed/ 8 4591 In the West, Man is Big and God is Far Away https://ourrabbijesus.com/in-the-west-man-is-big-and-god-is-far-away/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/in-the-west-man-is-big-and-god-is-far-away/#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2014 03:03:16 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=4515 I’m always fascinated by the question of what we need to know, culturally, to understand our Bibles better. So I enjoyed the essay at this link by James Kugel, a Jewish biblical scholar, about a fundamental disconnect between the worldview of the Bible and of our Western world today. It’s from an essay on Psalm […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/in-the-west-man-is-big-and-god-is-far-away/feed/ 0 4515 Can God the Father Teach us About Masculinity? https://ourrabbijesus.com/god-is-a-dad-who-gives-piggy-back-rides/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/god-is-a-dad-who-gives-piggy-back-rides/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:09:34 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=4311 It’s Father’s Day, and articles fill the internet about men who defied the masculine stereotype of being tough, distant workaholics. Changing diapers. Working at home. The world is a very different place nowadays than it was a few decades ago. The last place that many would look for inspiration for modern fatherhood is the Old […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/god-is-a-dad-who-gives-piggy-back-rides/feed/ 8 4311 Why the Daniel Plan Might Make you Fat https://ourrabbijesus.com/why-the-daniel-plan-might-make-you-fat/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/why-the-daniel-plan-might-make-you-fat/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2013 23:33:15 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=3643 Have you seen the news for the latest breakthrough weight-loss program, The Daniel Plan, by Rick Warren? It’s a 40-day plan (like his other books) to help individuals and church groups take off the flab and get in shape. Like other Bible-based diet plans, it’s built on the story in the first chapter in Daniel. […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/why-the-daniel-plan-might-make-you-fat/feed/ 22 3643 Jewish Thoughts on Living Water https://ourrabbijesus.com/jewish-thoughts-on-living-water/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/jewish-thoughts-on-living-water/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:03:56 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=330 In rabbinic thought, the study of God’s Word is likened to water.

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