derek4messiah wrote 1 day ago: In his book Surprised by Hope, British scholar N.T. Wright mentions an interesting misunderstanding … more →
derek4messiah wrote 2 days ago: A friend from the blogosphere emailed yesterday to ask a very personal question: “Why should anyone … more →
derek4messiah wrote 4 days ago: I’m only started on the road of studying the prophet Ezekiel, a book which will likely be my area of … more →
derek4messiah wrote 4 days ago: What sort of Bible reference materials do you have in your home? As with many rabbis and pastors, I … more →
derek4messiah wrote 1 week ago: Ah, the Rebekah story. Abraham has his servant put his hand under his thigh and swear (it wasn’t his … more →
derek4messiah wrote 1 week ago: One thing about Yeshua in his context, and it is still true two thousand years later in our own, is … more →
derek4messiah wrote 1 week ago: Some time back I discovered and befriended a Messianic Jewish blogger from Switzerland, a mother of … more →
derek4messiah wrote 1 week ago: People have told me a dozen time at least that I should watch the 2003 movie “Love Actually.” Last n … more →
derek4messiah wrote 1 week ago: Is it possible to speak of the ancient history of Israel? I frequently encourage my congregation not … more →
derek4messiah wrote 2 weeks ago: Disclosure statement: I did not receive any compensation from JPS for this review, but I did get a n … more →
derek4messiah wrote 2 weeks ago: In part 1, we considered one of the largest associations Yeshua’s hearers would have had with the ph … more →
derek4messiah wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve read a number of interesting books about how to interpret the Bible recently. Most recently I s … more →
derek4messiah wrote 2 weeks ago: I have been having dialogue with a number of people who feel that Israel’s part in God’s … more →
derek4messiah wrote 2 weeks ago: I get a regular stream of emails with questions about something someone read on Messianic Jewish Mus … more →
derek4messiah wrote 3 weeks ago: Michael Wyschogrod, a modern Orthodox scholar, wrote the following in 1961 for a conference in which … more →
derek4messiah wrote 3 weeks ago: We’re in the second part of a series considering what Yeshua’s hearers would have thought when they … more →
derek4messiah wrote 3 weeks ago: In the November/December issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (a magazine I encourage you to subscri … more →
derek4messiah wrote 3 weeks ago: Today I really wanted my blog to be about finding early Israel (see the post below this, which is re … more →
derek4messiah wrote 3 weeks ago: A nomadic people settle in a great empire and become a slave class for centuries until a deliverer l … more →