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

The Sign On The Cross (by Judith Green, Hebrew University Of...

“Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews. Many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was…

Satan (hebrew Insight)

In both Jewish and Christian religious imagination, the person of Satan played a significant role. But what does the word Satan actually means in Hebrew? The word (שָּׂטָן) simply means adversary or…

Paul’s Letter To The Romans, The Ten Commandments, And Pagan...

Paul’s Letter to the Romans, the Ten Commandments, and Pagan “Justification by Faith” E. P. Sanders’s Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977) challenged the utility of the phrase “justification by faith” as a key to…

Personal God In Judaism And Christianity By Dr. Faydra Shapiro

My dear friends, Today it is my honor to introduce you to my friend and colleague Dr. Faydra Shapiro. She is Jewish like myself, but unlike myself she is an Orthodox Jew….

Jews, Judaeans, Judaizing, Judaism: Problems Of Categorization In...

Jews, Judaeans, Judaizing, Judaism: Problems of Categorization in Ancient History (prof Steve Mason, Groningen University) Dr Steve Mason (University of Groningen) is a scholar with special expertise in Josephus, New Testament Studies,…

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