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How Studying Jesus’ Jewishness Saved My Faith

February 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: * Important Questions *, Jewish Jesus, Religion_Belief, Tverberg Speaking & Interviews

CMJ UK Shofar Event with Lois Tverberg – 9th February 2022

February 4, 2022 Leave a Comment

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.  

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Jewish culture, Jewish Jesus, Religion_Belief

Next Book Done! Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus

May 20, 2017 10 Comments

Shalom friends – I’m happy to say that after three years of work, I finished the manuscript for my next book, Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus. Yay! It will be released by Baker Publishing in January 2018, so we still have a bit. Between now and then I’ll share some sneak previews and interesting […]

Filed Under: Blog, Blog: Update Tagged With: Bible, Rabbi, Religion, Religion_Belief, Shalom

Review: The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible (Note: Updated ’19)

September 30, 2016 7 Comments

People often ask me where they can find a Bible that includes the cultural background that I write about, so I wanted to mention a brand new resource that is excellent: the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible (Zondervan, 2016). The commentary was edited by two evangelical scholars who are well-known for their expertise on historical […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Baruch Levine, Bible, Bible translations into English, Biblical studies, Christianity and Judaism, Craig Keener, Craig S. Keener, Egypt, Israel, Jacob Milgrom, Jeffrey Tigay, Jewish Publication Society, John Walton, Kent Dobson, Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, Nahum Sarna, Near East, New International Version, NIV Study Bible, Religion in the United States, Religion_Belief, Study Bibles, Zondervan

Come Think Hebraically with Me in Dayton, October 15

September 16, 2016 1 Comment

I hope you can join me for a brand new seminar based on my upcoming book on October 15, 2016 in Beavercreek, Ohio (near Dayton.) The workshop will be part of the Feast of Tabernacle weekend event hosted by the Church of Messiah on October 14-15. I’ll be giving three talks from 9 AM to […]

Filed Under: Events, Lois' Calendar Tagged With: Beavercreek Church, Center for Judaic Christian Studies, Church of Messiah, Church of Messiah Sukkot, Dwight Pryor, Israel, Jewish holy days, Messiah, Religion, Religion_Belief, Sukkot

Podcast Interview on the “The Dust Cast”

January 22, 2016 4 Comments

I was recently interviewed on a podcast called “The Dust Cast: Exploring the Ancient Hebraic Context of the Bible.” I had a great conversation with the host, Jason Mahler, about the current book I’m working on, Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus, as well as some questions from earlier books. We talked about the “two […]

Filed Under: Blog, Blog: Update Tagged With: Ben Witherington, Bible, Fear and trembling, Gary Burge, Hebrew Words, Jason Mahler, Jewish thought, podcast, Reading, Religion_Belief, Salvation with Fear

Narkis Conference, Jerusalem (Links Updated)

July 9, 2015 6 Comments

About a month ago I spoke at a conference at Narkis Church in Jerusalem. I posted a link to my talk called Jesus’ Bold Messianic Claims on an earlier blog, but many of the talks there will be of interest to those who like to learn about Christianity in its historical, Judaic context. The entire […]

Filed Under: Blog, Events Tagged With: Brad Young, Brian Kvasnica, David Pileggi, Hebrew University, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jews and Gentiles, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Loving God, New Testament, Religion_Belief, Robert Lindsey

Top 10 Articles of 2014 at OurRabbiJesus.com

January 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

Drumroll… Here are the top 10 articles and posts of 2014 on the OurRabbiJesus.com website: 1. Mr. Spock’s God: The Mistake of Western Theology The idea that emotions are irrational and unnatural arose from Greco-Roman philosophy. Many of our problems with God come from this unbiblical idea. 2. Does God Want Us to Fear Him? […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: God, ISIS, Israel, law codes, Religion_Belief, Top 10 Lists, Translation

In the West, Man is Big and God is Far Away

September 7, 2014 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bible, Biblical Thinking, East vs. West, Eastern Worldview, Greek Thought, James Kugel, Religion_Belief, World view

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

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