Tag: Isaiah

The concept of Pardes in Kabbalistic and Jewish thought offers a deeper framework for interpreting the Hebrew Bible through multiple layers of meaning. This approach, deeply rooted in mystical traditions and in Judaism often attributed to the Kabbalist Moses DeLeon, aligns with the medieval Chris...

My fascination with the context of Isaiah 53 probably began at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park. A famous place for religious and political debate. Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and George Orwell have spoken there. But you don’t need a following of millions. Since 1872, it ha...

Rabbi Singer gives the impression that Matthew was deliberately trying to mislead his readers. This is unlikely. Matthew was probably quoting from the Septuagint — a translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek completed around the 2nd century BCE. The Septuagint translated ???????????...

According to Alec Motyer, an Old Testament scholar, Isaiah 9 is in the middle of a section from chapters 7–11. The first three chapters (7–9) all focus on the birth of a baby who will deliver God’s people. During the time of King Ahaz, Israel faced an immediate threat of invasio...