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Jesus: The Unorthodox Teacher

… make a mark upon humanity—as a teacher—unlike any other. Rabbi Jesus Some modern scholars overlook Jesus as a teacher, … title “master” is translated from the Greek rhabbi, or “rabbi.” While the King James Version translates rhabbi as …

Acknowledgments

… Gary Wilde, Marvin Sweeney (Claremont School of Theology), Rabbi Leon Wiener Dow (Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem), … Yossi Klein Halevi (Shalom Hartman Institute Jerusalem), Rabbi Dalia Marx (HUC-Jerusalem), Rabbi Shabtai Rappaport … Chief Executive of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) and former Chief Strategy Office and publisher …

The Temple and the Synagogue

… 70 C.E., the amalgamation was not always complete. The Rabbis regularly distinguish synagogues, batē kenēsiyot , … and eating of animals. It was a very bloody affair; as the Rabbis state, “It is a glory for the sons of Aaron that they … Rabban Johanan ben Zokkai was coming forth from Jerusalem, Rabbi Joshua followed after him and beheld the temple in …

From Cultic Piety to Torah Piety after 70 AD

… Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai was coming forth from Jerusalem, Rabbi Joshua followed after him and beheld the Temple in … is, in the whole Torah of Moses, the Torah taught by the rabbis. And, like the prophets and historians in the time of …

Exploring the Lived Experience of Jewish Women

… Jewish women lagged behind in advanced education. Orthodox rabbis discouraged women of marriageable age from attending … their chances for marriage. A woman could not become a rabbi in any denomination before 1970, and most Jewish …

The Mishnah as a Focus of Torah Piety

… at Sinai, constitute the one whole Torah of Moses, “our rabbi.” Mishnah is transmitted, it is claimed, through … is carried out. The view of the third- and fourth-century rabbis is representative: Praying concerns temporal needs. …

Jewish Liturgy and the Religious Imagination

… of the Karaite movement created the pressure that led the rabbis to write down their system of prayers, giving it an … after the destruction were not of priestly descent—Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai (d. ca. 80) and following him, …

Rosen, David

… Rabbi David Rosen taught at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near … than four thousand students. Born and educated in Britain, Rabbi Rosen received his rabbinic education and ordination in …

Rabbinic Literature and the New Testament

… the Jewish temple. It is this last literature, that of the rabbis, that will be the subject of this chapter. While some … rich connections to the New Testament: Jesus is called “rabbi” (John 1:38, 49; 3:2; 6:25), Paul claims as a teacher …

A Jewish View of Paul

… “What is the Jewish view of Paul?” As a rabbi who studies Paul professionally, I encounter this … is also something uncomfortably true about it. Ask most rabbis in the United States, and they will report that …