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  1. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    . . . Then wouldn't you be wasting your time using Isaiah 6:9 as a proof-text to a Jew if that text is included in the proof provided in that text? If Isaiah says the Jew can't, won't, know the meaning of scripture, and if Isaiah is scripture, then the very text saying Israel can't, won't, know...
  2. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    I'm in good company. Abraham and Isaac talked about a lamb while the amanuensis called the sacrifice a ram. Rav Hirsch speaks of a ram while, like Abraham and Isaac, I see a lamb or lambs too (so to say). ;) I think you and I see eye to eye concerning the fact that there's not a jot or tittle...
  3. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    Does Isaiah 6:9 include Isaiah 6:9?:) John
  4. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    It's a great service to all careful exegesis of the narrative of the Akedah, that Rabbi Hirsch points out that the lamb Abraham tell Isaac God will provide himself (which is a ram later in the story) is actually not an afterthought to the story about the sacrifice of Isaac, but is, by Rabbi...
  5. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    The word comes from Genesis 22:9 where Abraham "binds" עקד Isaac. The Akedah is thus the "binding" of Isaac. Not sure what you mean by my "paradigm"? As you might note, if you've read the thread, dybmh wouldn't give you a plumb nickle for my pair-a-dimes.:) John
  6. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    Anyone with the stamina to follow the thread will likely see some serious lack of attention to detail from the Jewish sages that will render mine rather minor in comparison. Surely you're aware that Abraham and Isaac were as sloppy about all this as me? :cool: They both used "lamb" שה rather...
  7. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    Although it might be difficult to swallow, it's patently clear that Rabbi Hirsch is expressing the fact that the sacrifice of the Akedah ram is nothing like what it's taken to be in the minds of those far less insightful than he. Hirsch states clearly that the sacrifice of the ram "symbolizes" a...
  8. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    Then write us your reading of of what Rabbi Samson R. Hirsch wrote? John
  9. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    . . . Anyone familiar with this so-called "itinerant preacher" should be aware by now that far from disputing Jewish comprehension of Jewish writing, it's precisely the Jewish sages, Chazal, and Chachamim, whose comprehension of scripture is considered the prism through which all serious...
  10. John D. Brey

    The Akedah aka the Binding of Isaac.

    Judaism, as it’s often practiced, doesn't speak so much of the "sacrifice of Isaac" but instead the "binding" of Isaac (Isaac's bondage). . . The lamb of God, far from dying a meaningless death, or playing a minor role in the symbolism of the story (as some branches of Judaism would have it), is...
  11. John D. Brey

    The Resurrection

    I hesitated to dip my toe into these waters. Now I remember why. :) I will grant you that you're being logical, rational, and true, to the context you're using to examine these things (including the lineage stuff at your link). So I would in no way criticize your logic or reasons for...
  12. John D. Brey

    The Resurrection

    Questions like this, though legitimate, typically come from those who already have serious doubts about the veracity of the scripture. Such person might at least wonder to themselves why so many admittedly brilliant men, say Isaac Newton, or Martin Luther, are able to side-step seeming...
  13. John D. Brey

    Abraham's Heel.

    Yes. John
  14. John D. Brey

    Muhammad said Christians are exalted until Judgement Day, why?

    Since all we have as a record of Jesus and his sayings is in the New Testament, and since the Quran is written long after the New Testament, it seems like the New Testament record of Jesus and his sayings would be all a "follower of Jesus" would have to go on? Point being, the verse from the...
  15. John D. Brey

    Abraham's Heel.

    A serious mystery is revealed just beneath the surface of the foregoing. In Midrash Rabbah Genesis 49:2 (aka Bereshis Rabbah 49:2), which is quoted by Rashi, and which the Lubavitcher Rebbe quotes Rashi quoting (in Lukkutei Sichos), we read that the Lord said to Abram that it's sufficient for...
  16. John D. Brey

    Abraham's Heel.

    Thank you for asking this question. A more direct answer, or at least another avenue for answering the question, is to point out that New Testament scripture teaches that not only the prophets in the Tanakh, but even the angels, seek to understand the mysteries of Christ that weren't given to...
  17. John D. Brey

    Abraham's Heel.

    There are reasons Israel rejected Jesus Christ. They're under great duress from the god of this world. The New Testament scriptures state that only those who are called and elected in eternity past will, can, accept Jesus as Lord. My spiritual mentor, Col. R.B. Thieme, Jr., teaches that...
  18. John D. Brey

    Abraham's Heel.

    The physical body is the property of Hashem and not one’s personal asset. Consequently, it is forbidden to cause injury, or pain to oneself (Bava Kamma 90b). Therefore, though Avraham definitely wanted to perform a brit milah earlier, the halachah of not damaging Hashem’s property prevented him...
  19. John D. Brey

    Abraham's Heel.

    Genesis 25:26, tells of Jacob taking possession אחזת of Esau's heel עקב. The key to the narrative, as is almost always the case, found in other parts of the Torah, such that the two other places in the Torah seminal to Genesis 25:26, are Exodus 13:2, where God states that all "womb openers" פטר...
  20. John D. Brey

    Abraham's Heel.

    Abarbanel, et al., is disturbed by the strange goings on in Genesis chapter 17. He notes the oddity that Isaac's birth is promised to Abram (in chapter 15), such that the language of Genesis chapter 17 is peculiar in the extreme; it seems to be speaking of a "seed" of Abra-h-am, distinct from...
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