Hebrew word Tov
is translated “good” in Genesis. Humans create words which
are transmittable
symbols. But the
meanings are bundled in life experiences. The life experiences required
to understand Tov are in the first story in Genesis. Humans are the only
creatures created to function by doing acts of Tov individually, collectively
and in harmony. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/ce86a134d4e1/tov-is-what-good-means-to-the-creator
In the
teachings of Jesus, there is one underlying and overriding theme, a theme that
serves as the foundation upon which biblical faith is built. If one looks at
the Bible as a whole, if one includes additionally all Jewish literature that
is extant, the Oral Law, the Written Law, the commentaries, and search for one,
single, overriding theme, it is summed up in the Hebrew word tzedakah. Tzedakah
is the outstanding, overriding, and yet simple, theme of Jesus. He taught, “let
your kingdom be spread abroad over the whole earth in such a way that God may
begin to rule in the lives of more and more people.” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/ee4e20247d64/tzedaqah-the-foundational-theme-of-biblical-faith
Does the
“original” meaning of a Bible passage, apart from Christian or later Jewish
interpretation, still have anything to say to us? Those words described the
obstacle I have been facing for decades. BHC’s Guidelines and Linguistic Model
clearly indicate that Jesus was “Jewish,” but Jewish in the early 1st
century CE does not mean the same thing as Jewish means today. So what
did Jewish mean then? Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/65108941c178/breaking-through-jewish-and-christian-barriers-to-understand-the-original-jesus
