Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 4: How fortunate the womb that never conceived
The fourth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Lk 11:27-28 and Th 79:1-3. 4. 1An excited voice called out, and a woman from the crowd said to Yeshua`, ‘How fortunate the womb that bore you, and the breasts that nursed you!’ 2But he said to her,...
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 3: The Beatitudes
The third passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 5:2-12, Lk 6:20-23, and Th 54:1, 68:1, 69:1-2. This week’s passage from the Sefer Yeshua is perhaps the most well-known, and most well-loved of all the sets of Yeshua’s sayings, because of the hope it gives us in a...
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 2: The Great Wedding Banquet
The second passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 22:2-10, Lk 14:16-24, and Th 64:1-12. 2. 1Yeshua` said, ‘To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It’s like a great wedding feast a certain king ordered to be prepared. And when it was ready, he sent...
Commentary on Passage 1 of the Sefer Yeshua
Shalom everyone, Midweek, whenever I can, I’m going to try and say a little bit about each of the 173 passages of the Sefer Yeshua. The Sefer Yeshua is drawn from all the Jewish, Yahwist passages of the 3 synoptic gospels (Mark, Matthew & Luke), plus the Gospel of...
“You show you are my Followers by the love that you have for one another“
Yeshua taught, “By this everyone will know that you are my followers: if you have love for one another”. Have the followers of Jesus kept this teaching over the last 2000 years? As early as primary school (US: 1st-4th grade), I remember first learning about the...
Probably the Most Important Article on Messianism you’ll ever read (Dt 17:14-20)
(the main content of this article was originally written in Nov 2008) Shabbat shalom, my beloved brothers and sisters, This week’s sidra (Dt 17:14-21) covers the biblical Yahwist view of kingship – ‘messiah-ship’, and it is quite different to what Christianity or even...
Talmidi Noahides, Godfearers and Israelites – a welcoming place for both Jews and non-Jews within Talmidaism
This blog-post is mostly by way of a reference article for newcomers. Do you have to become Jewish to follow Jesus? Paullist theology has one way of answering the question, "Do you have to become Jewish in order to follow the teachings of Jesus?" Both Paullism and...
A Brief Introduction to Talmidaism (modern ‘Jewish-Christianity’) for Newcomers
Shalom everyone, my name’s Shmulik, and in this blog-post, I’d like to provide you with a brief insight into what Talmidaism is all about. Talmidaism is a modern term for what academics call, ‘Jewish-Christianity’. The term ‘Talmidaism’ was chosen as a substitute for...
YHVH saves people of all religions, no matter the god they call upon
Shalom everyone, I recently received a very moving enquiry from someone who asked a very profound question. Without going into personal details (to maintain the anonymity of the enquirer), he basically said that he had lived a terrible and self-destructive life until...
The Sorrowful Tragedy of Syncretism
General Introduction Where theology and religion are concerned, ‘Syncretism’ is when you mix together (or ‘syncretise’) the theologies, beliefs and practices of two or more separate religions. Syncretism, by its very nature, is something that humans do. A syncretised...