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Newsletters September 2009 What Is the Talmud?
Newsletters September 2009 What Is the Talmud?
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Why Should I Care?As Tzedakah Ministries travels the country to share with churches and Christians about the urgency of Jewish evangelism, one of the issues that the ministry encounters is the fallacy that Jewish people know and understand the “Old Testament” (better known and non-offensively known as the Tanakh). Nothing could actually be further from the truth! Many Jewish people have very little in-depth knowledge of the writings from Genesis to Malachi (or Genesis to 2 Chronicles in the order of the Tanakh). Most who have questions ask their rabbi or surf the internet for answers. Those who are suppose to know about Messianic prophecies and/or the writings of Moses often will depend upon what the Talmud says about the issue more than the actual words of the prophets. So just exactly what is the Talmud and why is it important for Christian witnesses to the Jewish people to understand this “mysterious” volume of books? The Talmud in a nutshell is the codified writings of rabbis who provided commentary on the Words of God. These writings go back hundreds of years and are often held in the same esteem as the Tanakh itself. In fact, Chaim Potok wrote in his novel, In the Beginning, that a rabbinical student faced sneers and derision because he preferred to study the words of Moses rather than the words of Maimonides. Surprised? Many Christians are! Therefore over the next few issues of Tzedakah Times, the newsletter will seek to help you be equipped to answer the “Talmudic” sages who were learned but blind to the truth of Jesus (Romans 10). Be on the lookout! And write in with questions if you have them! |
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