This Day In Jewish History
WHAT IS TISHA B’AV? My dear readers, with all my excitement about the Son of Man and the importance of this topic, with all my desire to show you the amazing parallels…
The Jewish Studies Blog
There are tools that are needed to mine the depths of the biblical texts. There are also many perspectives that enrich our study, like the perspective of first century Judaism. This site is one of those rare resources that provides both tools and perspective for the serious student of Scripture.
– Dr. Allen Mawhinney, A Retired Academic Dean, Reformed Theological Seminary
Enoch And Son Of Man (1)
SIMILITUDES By now we know that the Book of Daniel was one of the earliest apocalypses ever written and also one of the most influential. “Whenever in later works ‘that son…
Son Of Man On The Jewish Scene
A LESSON FROM SEMIOTICS We already know that “the Jesus folk were not alone on the Jewish scene”[1]. For the last several weeks, we’ve been trying to grasp the ideas and the…
1 Enoch: The New Answers To The Old Questions
TIKKUN OLAM AND THE REVERSAL OF EVIL Following the wonderful study of Dr. Michael Heiser[1], we have seen that Second Temple Judaism understood Genesis 6:1-4 not only as the story of a…
1 Enoch: The Gospels And The Watchers
THE REVERSAL OF EVIL We finished our last post with the thesis, drawn largely from the work of Dr. Michael Heiser, that Second Temple Judaism saw in Genesis 6:1-4, not only the…
