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Jul 18, 2023 · In other words, in the first century, anything that was “all Christian” was also “all Jewish”—the argument really came down to whether or not Jesus was the Messiah of Israel. But the images in Revelation—both the frightening and the hopeful—are Jewish all the way.
Aug 6, 2014 · We have here a wonderful passage establishing Jewish traditions (contemporary to the book of Revelation) about the Daniel Son of Man figure. We must note that this common Enochean phrase – “the Lord of the Spirits” may be connected with the “…the seven spirits who are before his throne” in Revelation.
- Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg
Jewish apocalypses recounted a prophet’s symbolic visions that revealed God’s heavenly perspective on history so that the present could be viewed in light of history’s final outcome. These texts use symbolic imagery and numbers not to confuse but to communicate.
REVELATION, an act whereby the hidden, unknown God shows Himself to man. To be sure, this phenomenon belongs to the realm of human reality, but it is experienced by man as coming from God. Phenomenologically, every religion finds its starting point in a revelation. The ancient Hebrews expressed this idea in different ways.
- What Actually Happened at Sinai?
- The Significance of Revelation
- Commemorating Revelation in Jewish Tradition
The principal record of the encounter between God and the Israelites at Sinai is contained in the Book of Exodus, beginning in chapter 19. The telling continues for many chapters thereafter, during which Moses ascends the mountain multiple times. Some aspects of this encounter are retold in the Book of Deuteronomy. As chapter 19 of Exodus begins, w...
The revelation at Sinai marks the beginning of Judaism as a revealed tradition oriented around a sacred scripture. Though Jewish tradition holds that the patriarch Abrahamand his family — the first Hebrews — observed Torah laws, revelation is the first time those laws were enumerated and written down. Moreover, revelation is the source of the Jewis...
Seven weeks after Passover, which celebrates the Exodus from Egypt, Jews commemorate the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai during the holiday of Shavuot, when it’s traditional to stay up all night studying Torah. Jews also read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot, in part because Ruth’s commitment to her mother-in-law Naomi and her decision to join the Je...
Dec 3, 2020 · We discuss seven different models of Jewish Revelation. (1) the historic event model (2) the dialectic model (3) the mystical model (4) the Verbal model (5) the human potential model (6) the negative theology model and the (7) Hermenutical model.
The question is raised sharply by Revelation, which though addressed to the Hellenistic cities of the Province of Asia is perhaps the most overtly Jewish book in the New Testament, or at least the most scriptural. But what sort of Judaism?
