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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 …

The Temple and the Synagogue

… 70 C.E., the amalgamation was not always complete. The Rabbis regularly distinguish synagogues, batē kenēsiyot , … Rabban Johanan ben Zokkai was coming forth from Jerusalem, Rabbi Joshua followed after him and beheld the temple in ruins. “Wo unto us,” Rabbi Joshua cried, “that this, the place where the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …