Comments on: Bible Verse of the Day http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/10/17/bible-verse-of-the-day-4/ let's activate something Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:27:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Lora http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/10/17/bible-verse-of-the-day-4/#comment-4172 Lora Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:56:13 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/10/17/bible-verse-of-the-day-4/#comment-4172 Devan, if you're looking for stuff relating to Jewish-Christian dialogue (more along the lines of Yoder's book), I could recommend a number of sources (including Mennonites). In terms of approaching the OT through a Jewish lens, I've found just reading an English Tanakh to be really interesting. I also like "A Rabbi Reads the Bible" by Jonathan Magonet. The exegesis question is a bigger matter, and one I'll have to come back to after I've finished writing my Systematics mid-term... Devan, if you’re looking for stuff relating to Jewish-Christian dialogue (more along the lines of Yoder’s book), I could recommend a number of sources (including Mennonites). In terms of approaching the OT through a Jewish lens, I’ve found just reading an English Tanakh to be really interesting. I also like “A Rabbi Reads the Bible” by Jonathan Magonet.

The exegesis question is a bigger matter, and one I’ll have to come back to after I’ve finished writing my Systematics mid-term…

]]> By: Brian Hamilton http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/10/17/bible-verse-of-the-day-4/#comment-4162 Brian Hamilton Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:05:16 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/10/17/bible-verse-of-the-day-4/#comment-4162 Devan, I've been reading a good bit of Jon Levenson recently--a Jewish biblical scholar/theologian. He's an impressive interpreter, and not unaware of the different ways that the texts have been picked up by Christians. In fact, some of his most interesting work attempts to show the Jewish antecedents of central Christian doctrines. Two of his best: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F0300065116%2F&tag=brianhamiltwe-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" rel="nofollow">Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F0300117353%2F&tag=brianhamiltwe-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" rel="nofollow">Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel</a>. Devan, I’ve been reading a good bit of Jon Levenson recently–a Jewish biblical scholar/theologian. He’s an impressive interpreter, and not unaware of the different ways that the texts have been picked up by Christians. In fact, some of his most interesting work attempts to show the Jewish antecedents of central Christian doctrines. Two of his best: Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son and Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel.

]]> By: DevanD http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/10/17/bible-verse-of-the-day-4/#comment-4142 DevanD Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:00:50 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/10/17/bible-verse-of-the-day-4/#comment-4142 Lora, Great choice here. This may be an under-noticed OT passage but there are some that get too much attention. Can you think of any examples of this? I get particularly frustrated when I have conversations with hetero Christians on queer members of the Church and Leviticus or Genesis 19 (or Adam and Eve) get cited as conclusive evidence of excluding homosexual partnerships. Can you (and others) suggest OT passages that are cited to oppress others? Also, if anyone has any books, articles, websites, etc. that provide Christians with useful understandings of how to approach the OT through a Jewish lens, let me know. I know Yoder's "Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited" has been particularly helpful for me. Lora,

Great choice here. This may be an under-noticed OT passage but there are some that get too much attention. Can you think of any examples of this? I get particularly frustrated when I have conversations with hetero Christians on queer members of the Church and Leviticus or Genesis 19 (or Adam and Eve) get cited as conclusive evidence of excluding homosexual partnerships.

Can you (and others) suggest OT passages that are cited to oppress others?

Also, if anyone has any books, articles, websites, etc. that provide Christians with useful understandings of how to approach the OT through a Jewish lens, let me know. I know Yoder’s “Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited” has been particularly helpful for me.

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