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  • Adam, OT, & Judaism

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    Storied Theology: Adam, OT, & Judaism  Daniel Kirk It seems that I am ever hearing about the relative unimportance of Adam as a determining figure in non-Christian Judaism: Adam is only mentioned outside of Genesis 1-4 in genealogies; there is no “fall” per se in the Hebrew Bible; Christians make a lot of Adam because…

  • Jewish Origins of Gnosticism

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    Euangelion: Jewish Origins of Gnosticism I am becoming increasingly convinced that Gnosticism had a Jewish origin. After the Jewish revolts against Rome in 66-70 and 132-35 AD, Judaism went in one of two directions. Rabbinic Judaism that tried to compensate for the absence of the temple and expulsion from the land through a very manufactured…

  • “Misusing Jesus: How the church divorces Jesus from Judaism” Amy-Jill Levine

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    Christian Century: Misusing Jesus: How the church divorces Jesus from Judaism by Amy-Jill Levine. This is a really good article1 Nevertheless, when it comes to the pew, the pulpit and often the classroom, even when Christian congregants, ministers and professors do acknowledge that Jesus was Jewish, they often provide no content for the label. The…