by Shmuel Parzal | Jan 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
In Yahwist theology, political authority is never absolute. Power belongs ultimately to YHVH alone, and all human rule is provisional, accountable, and morally constrained (Deut 10:17; Ps 146:3). Any political system that concentrates unchecked power, suppresses moral...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jan 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
This is purely a reference article which links up to other articles. It lists all biblical verses in the Miqra where prophets criticised civil rulers. Examples from Yeshua’s teachings starts about halfway down. Here is a carefully curated list of biblical examples...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jan 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, Too often nowadays, so-called religious people put their political beliefs above their allegiance to God; their political ideology is far more important to them than their religious faith. Such people are effectively demoting God, and declaring that...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jan 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
This is the first in a set of three articles on comparing Islam to Talmidaism: 1. A Comparison of Talmidi values and Moderate Islamic values. 2. A Comparison of the Character and Personality of Allah and YHVH: Are they the same God? 3. A Comparison of Talmidi Values...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jan 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Background If, as we believe, Yeshua was a genuine, fully human Jewish prophet, called by God, and that he was a real person who really existed, what biographical details in the synoptic gospels are safe to assume are from its genuine, earliest layer, and which can we...
by Shmuel Parzal | Jan 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Question to ChatGPT: In Mark 1:9-11, a dove appears and a heavenly voice speaks. According to scholarly consensus, in Mark’s understanding of what he himself wrote, did John the Baptist or anyone else present see the dove, or hear the voice? I felt this question was...
