You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I cannot disagree more with Dr. Aaron Rosen’s dark portrayal of Jesus ...

Isa 5:1-7; 28:2129; Ezek 17:1-24; 19:1-14; 20:45-49; 24:3-14. The rabbinic parables are of course the closest in both time and place to those of Jesus. The following example is interesting for its ...

One of the most awesome aspects of Jesus’ preaching is His common use of parables — simple, everyday stories that carried ...

The renowned Jewish scholar Dr. Amy-Jill Levine tells us the truth about the parables ... time of Jesus a stereotype that Judaism was bad and Jesus came to reform and improve it. (5) The ministers ...

(NIV) In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus told the story of a Jewish man walking from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the journey he was attacked by robbers and left for dead. Two Jewish ...