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This post is Claude.ai’s summary on 9/19/2026 of an essay by Marc Zvi Brettler and Amy-Jill Levine published and downloaded from TheTorah.com at the links below. The essay presents a core Jewish-Christian divide: Christianity’s belief that Jesus is both messiah and God’s “only begotten” son, versus Judaism’s rejection of a divine “son of God” as […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains scriptures cited by Ross in John where Jesus clearly distinguishes himself from God. Similar Posts: A standard position of the church is that Jesus said he was God seven times in the Gospel of John. Ross Nichols points out in the video, sayings attributed to Jesus in that book and others, where […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 10/10/2025. In the American Standard Version (ASV), it reads: Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (Psalm 110:1) In the NRSVue, it reads: The Lord says to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.” This verse is […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 9/12/2025. In the Hebrew Bible the word Leviathan (לִוְיָתָן, liwyātān) appears as a name for a massive, chaotic sea creature—sometimes poetic, sometimes mythic. Critical scholars generally see it as Israel’s version of the Near Eastern chaos-monster motif rather than a literal zoological animal. Note in two verses, YHWH is playing with Leviathan like […]
Continue ReadingNote that vs. 18-19 contradict the verses immediately before them. Vs. 18-19 are believed to be added to justify temple sacrifices as that is the funding mechanism for the Priests and Monarchy. Psalms 51:16-19 RSV 16 For thou hast no delight in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased.17 […]
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