Jewish Jesus Archives - Our Rabbi Jesus https://ourrabbijesus.com/tag/jewish-jesus/ His Jewish Life and Teaching Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:41:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 31550207 Could Jesus have been married? No, and here’s why. https://ourrabbijesus.com/could-jesus-have-been-married-no-and-heres-why/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/could-jesus-have-been-married-no-and-heres-why/#comments Fri, 06 May 2022 16:02:02 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=11969 [Note – Premier Christianity magazine asked me if I wanted to share my opinion on a recent article called “Could Jesus Have been Married?” So I responded, and the text is below. Happy reading.] ~~~~~ Could Jesus have been married? Lee Wilson thinks so. In his article for Premier Christianity, Wilson points out that the […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/could-jesus-have-been-married-no-and-heres-why/feed/ 32 11969 How Studying Jesus’ Jewishness Saved My Faith https://ourrabbijesus.com/how-studying-jesus-jewishness-saved-my-faith/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/how-studying-jesus-jewishness-saved-my-faith/#respond Fri, 18 Feb 2022 04:45:31 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=11771 On Wednesday, February 9th, I gave a talk for for CMJ UK‘s semi-annual online Shofar Event. My talk was entitled, How Studying Jesus’ Jewishness Saved My Faith Did the historical Jesus actually claim to be the Messiah and Son of God, or did his later followers dream this up? This question truly worried me until […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/how-studying-jesus-jewishness-saved-my-faith/feed/ 0 11771 CMJ UK Shofar Event with Lois Tverberg – 9th February 2022 https://ourrabbijesus.com/cmj-uk-shofar-event-with-lois-tverberg-9th-february-2022/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/cmj-uk-shofar-event-with-lois-tverberg-9th-february-2022/#respond Fri, 04 Feb 2022 19:40:37 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=11761 I’m excited to share my most recent speaking engagement with CMJ UK for their Shofar event. In this talk, I discuss “How Studying Jesus’ Jewishness Saved My Faith.” Below is the YouTube link for your viewing.  

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/cmj-uk-shofar-event-with-lois-tverberg-9th-february-2022/feed/ 0 11761 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 “Insights on Jesus of Nazareth” – Great Video Series https://ourrabbijesus.com/insights-on-jesus-of-nazareth-great-video-series/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/insights-on-jesus-of-nazareth-great-video-series/#comments Sun, 17 May 2015 19:50:01 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=5027 I recently took over the ministry of the En-Gedi Resource Center, and wanted to show you one of our nicest resources. Along with books, we published audio and video. One of our best series was Insights into Jesus of Nazareth: His Words, His Wisdom, His World. A dozen of the finest scholars on the first-century […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/insights-on-jesus-of-nazareth-great-video-series/feed/ 2 5027 Would Jesus have Recognized “Live Long and Prosper”? https://ourrabbijesus.com/jesus-and-live-long-and-prosper/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/jesus-and-live-long-and-prosper/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2015 04:45:30 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=3892 Even if you didn’t watch Star Trek, you probably know what Mr. Spock’s Vulcan greeting, “Live Long and Prosper” looks like. If you were a die-hard fan (like me) you might have heard that Leonard Nimoy was Jewish and invented it based on his recollection of synagogue services as a child. It’s traditional for the […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/jesus-and-live-long-and-prosper/feed/ 1 3892 Advent & Hanukkah – The Most Hebraic Time of Year https://ourrabbijesus.com/advent-hanukkah-the-most-hebraic-time-of-year/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/advent-hanukkah-the-most-hebraic-time-of-year/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:27:54 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=4694 Many Christians right now are preparing for Christmas. Jews, on the other hand, are in the middle of the 8-day celebration of Hanukkah. For most, the two holidays seem to have little in common. But this is actually a wonderful time of year to consider Jesus in his Hebraic context. During Hanukkah, Jews celebrate their […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/advent-hanukkah-the-most-hebraic-time-of-year/feed/ 5 4694 Wow, I met the Swedish Jesus Today… https://ourrabbijesus.com/wow-i-met-the-swedish-jesus-today/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/wow-i-met-the-swedish-jesus-today/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2013 01:49:59 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=3480 If you’ve ever heard me speak, you know that I usually start with the famous painting by Warner Sallman of called “The Head of Christ” that has hung in my family’s home since the 1950’s. As much as I’ve loved this image of Jesus, I joke around about the fact that with his blue eyes […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/wow-i-met-the-swedish-jesus-today/feed/ 12 3480 The Reality of Disciples and Rabbis https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-question-about-disciples-rabbis/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-question-about-disciples-rabbis/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:44:52 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=3372 I recently was asked about how disciples studied with rabbis. What age were disciples, and did they pay the rabbi a fee to study? How did they support themselves at the same time? Did the rabbis work at some craft to support themselves? (They were not like rabbis of today, which like pastors are to […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-question-about-disciples-rabbis/feed/ 18 3372 Discovering the Jewishness of Our Faith https://ourrabbijesus.com/discovering-the-jewishness-of-our-faith/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/discovering-the-jewishness-of-our-faith/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:01:09 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=1831 Below is an interview I did recently with Sam Hailes of Christian.co.uk about Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus. See the original at this link. (I’ve tweaked a few lines of my own below, just for clarity.)   Discovering the Jewishness of Our Faith When Lois Tverberg first heard about a seminar at her […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/discovering-the-jewishness-of-our-faith/feed/ 3 1831 Many Ways to Repaint Jesus https://ourrabbijesus.com/many-ways-to-repaint-jesus/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/many-ways-to-repaint-jesus/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:13:15 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=1622 (As I was writing my latest book, Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus, I found an endless amount of fascinating material that I just couldn’t include. This blog is the perfect place to share some of the extras. In coming months I’ll post more. See this link to read chapters 1-3 for free.) Walking […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/many-ways-to-repaint-jesus/feed/ 13 1622 Covered in the Dust of Your Rabbi: An Urban Legend? https://ourrabbijesus.com/covered-in-the-dust-of-your-rabbi-an-urban-legend/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/covered-in-the-dust-of-your-rabbi-an-urban-legend/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:41:35 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=1422 Some time back ago, pastor/blogger Trevin Wax posted an article called “Urban Legends: The Preacher’s Edition.” There he lists several “urban legends” that he’s heard floating around lately in sermons. Like Internet rumors that people forward on ad infinitum, these preaching illustrations don’t have much grounding in fact. One potential fallacy on his list caught […]

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