tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post5734189454980643935..comments2024-01-02T13:37:26.563-06:00Comments on גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁב: "Jew", "Judaean", and Christian anti-Semitismd. millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844676267073730959noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post-68090564206365089722013-11-06T15:04:31.453-06:002013-11-06T15:04:31.453-06:00Part of the problem here isn't the term itself...Part of the problem here isn't the term itself, but the ethnicities it is being applied to.<br /><br />I just finished reading <b>Qumran Self-Identity: "Israel" or "Judah"?</b> by John S. Bergsma and he notes that the Qumran community does not equate 'Israelite' and 'Judean'. He also notes that the Qumran community did not see themselves as "Judeans" but instead did "Israelites".<br /><br />This isn't unreasonable. The Hebrew text does the same thing: the Jews at war with the Israelites [2 Kings 16:6-9]; the House of Israel <b>and</b> the House of Judah denoted separately [Jer 31:31]; no historical evidence of a return by the House of Israel in Assyria contrasted with the return of the House of Judah from Babylon; etc.<br /><br />On top of this there was the animosity between the Edomites and the Judeans [1 Esdras 4:43-50] for forcibly recovering their inheritance from Israel [Oba 1:11] with John Hyrcanus' eventually forcing conversion of these 'goats' into into the flock of the House of Judah (while the House of Israel was still off being 'sifted through the nations [Isa 30:28][Amos 9:9]) and we have a real mess!<br /><br />Judeans, Israelites and Edomites were all being called by the same term without distinction even though there is sufficient reason to try to differentiate!<br /><br />Is it any wonder there are problems? Is it any wonder we see bizarre claims such as those found in Revelation ([Rev 2:9][Rev 3:9])?ἐκκλησίαhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337144930591740142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post-52931715057875807772013-10-27T04:35:14.723-06:002013-10-27T04:35:14.723-06:00did you know that contemporary Israelis often wond...did you know that contemporary Israelis often wonder:<br /><br />Do the notzrim imagine that Jesus was sent to earth.... by mistake? Or perhaps... to enjoy the beach at the kineret? Or... to receive much praise, adulation and couch-casting favors from hot young babes in the expensive parts of Jerusalem?<br /><br />He was sent with a job description of ==dying for the cause==<br /><br />If one of us didn't kill him, he would have had to hire a Nabatean to do it.<br /><br />Judas was the ONLY ==non-replaceable== disciple.<br /><br />Nakhone o lo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post-23614926724262688322013-07-21T05:03:02.496-06:002013-07-21T05:03:02.496-06:00I would like to talk to you about the passage in 1...I would like to talk to you about the passage in 1 Thess. But not on the blog.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792730595715074161noreply@blogger.com