The Jewish Studies Blog

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– Dr. Allen Mawhinney, A Retired Academic Dean, Reformed Theological Seminary

Messiah Hidden And Revealed In Luke-acts (1)

  We are back to the “hidden Messiah” theme.  So far, we have been dealing with the Second Temple extra biblical sources.  We have seen that, by the turn of the era,…

First Believers

Shalom friends,   I know that some of you have been waiting for the next episode of the Hidden Messiah series – and I will return to that subject very soon. In…

Unrecognized Messiah

  This is the third and last installment of our study of the Jewish background of the Messianic secret.  We will then take a break from this topic, and will come back…

The Hidden Saviour In Heaven

The Messianic Secret against its Jewish background (Part 2):  “Before these things Enoch was hidden, And no one of the children of men knew where he was hidden”  (I Enoch 12.1)  …

As Though Hiding His Face From Us

Shalom friends, My name is Julia Blum. Thanks to the kind and generous words of Dr. Eli in the previous post, I don’t really need to introduce myself, as he has introduced…

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