The Talmidi Approach to Theism
Introduction Massorite Talmidaism does not adhere to the view of "Absolute Theism", where God controls every human being, every single thing that happens, and is the cause of every single misery and suffering. That is not Talmidaism. Nor does it adhere to the...
Was a Cosmic Battle between Heaven and Demonic Forces the only explanation available to explain Jewish National Suffering in the Second Century BCE?
Background to this article One common explanation for the emergence of Jewish apocalyptic thought, and the theology of battles in heaven between Good and Evil, begins with a genuine theological problem. Before the Exile, Israel’s national suffering could often be...
Redefining the Kingdom: Following Yeshua’s Example
I have only very recently (within the last year or so) become aware of various attempts to replace the word, ‘Kingdom’ with other words. Some people live in societies where the word ‘kingdom’ itself has taken on such terribly negative connotations – attaining an...
Becoming the first Followers of the Way: Why Massorite Talmidis Look to the Historical Yeshua
Our Point of Origin – Our Starting Point This article is ultimately about labels – the choice between defining ourselves by a label and glorifying it, or defining ourselves by the Message we live, and glorifying the Message instead. Massoritism is a modern...
“The Word” (Logos) versus “The Message” (ha-Davar)
Shalom everyone, In biblical Yahwist theology (and therefore in Massorite Talmidi theology too), the Word or Message of YHVH is not a created being like the idea of the Christian logos. It is an integral and transformative power of YHVH, just like YHVH’s Holiness...
Handling Apologetics and Christian Missionisers: a Different View
Definitions Before we start, I thought it best to give a couple of definitions, because they can be confusing to anyone not familiar with the terms ‘apologetics’ and ‘apologist’. They are nothing to do with saying sorry; they come from an ancient Greek word meaning...
What is happening with the souls of babies who die in childbirth, or small infants who die very young?
I recently had a conversation with a friend who had had a miscarriage, and she wondered what might have been going on with the soul of her deceased child. I have extracted the important parts from that conversation, and turned it into a readable article. The initial...
It was the Zealots who wanted Yeshua dead – the Logic path
Shalom everyone, I was recently asked to explain why I disagreed with Bart Ehrman's opinion that, since the Romans executed Jesus as a messiah, that he must therefore have been executed for political reasons. Ehrman believes that the Romans executed Yeshua...
Goodness Without Naïvety: How Should We Deal with the Psychopathically Wicked?
Introduction: The Problem of Psychopaths and Sociopaths There is a difficult question that any religious faith committed to goodness eventually has to confront: What do we do when we encounter a person who appears to have little or no capacity for genuine empathy,...
Yahwism as defined by Academics and by Modern Yahwists
The Conflicting Worldviews Talmidaism uses “Yahwism” normatively to mean the system of ethics, values and beliefs given by YHVH, through holy men and women, prophets and sages, that together produce a monotheistic faith in a holy God, YHVH. Yahwism is the faith and...