i need to know who are the christian and jewish parties that know about the bible very well and focus on its study and speak in the name of God JHVH not Jesus Christ. The most I see are focused on Jesus and his biography.
2007-11-14 23:12:43 · 7 answers · asked by W Abraham 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Each religious group that uses the Bible (lots of religions don't) thinks it is the expert on the subject. The interpretations vary pretty widely, however. Keep in mind, too, that different religious groups disagree on exactly what should be called "the Bible" in the first place. The Catholic Bible contains different books than most Protestant Bibles, and even some Protestant Bibles differ from each other.
To be specific, the Catholic Bible contains 46 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. This "canon" was identified as the "true Bible" at the Synod of Rome in 382 C.E. and re-confirmed several times. During the Protestant Reformation, several books of the Old Testament (and parts of two others) were dropped, resulting in a different canon containing 39 books in the Old Testament. The 27 from the New Testament were kept. Books dropped by the Protestants were: Tobias (Tobit), Judith, Baruch, Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), Wisdom, First and Second Maccabees and parts of Esther and Daniel.
Of course, the Jews never accepted the New Testament at all, and their Bible (called the Tanakh) consists of 24 books. They don't call it the Old Testament. It's just the Bible, or the Tanakh.
One of the most interesting things I learned as I was leaving Christianity was how differently Jews interpret the books of their Bible than Christians do. Christians have read "prophecies" into certain verses that Jews say were never intended to be such. Christians read certain other verses metaphorically when Jews take them literally. Christians argue that the Jews misinterpret their own writings and complain that this is why they didn't accept Jesus as the Messiah. Jews counter that they are the ones who wrote it and they know what it means best. They accuse Christians of twisting their scriptures to fit their own agenda. An excellent introduction to the differences of interpretation can be found in the tape set below.
The true experts of the Bible, in my view, are Biblical Scholars that have gone through an accredited PhD program on the topic. I would tend to trust secular educational programs more than religious ones, personally. Those folks have looked at all the issues surrounding Biblical interpretation from many angles and have the widest and most thoroughly educated perspective from which to make comments.
2007-11-14 23:46:29 · answer #1 · answered by kriosalysia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the followers who see Jesus as God.
He never declared himself to BE God, but his expressions suggest that he saw himself as a child of God. The confusion comes from the followers, not from what Jesus taught.
2007-11-15 07:21:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus said, "I and my Father are One."
God said that He was sending His Branch in the Old Testament.
Jesus said that God the Father had given all authority to Him.
Jesus said many times, " I AM" which is another name for God.
2007-11-15 07:23:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have any Jews even read the Bible? Like from Matthew to Revelation?
2007-11-15 07:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God
2007-11-15 07:29:16 · answer #5 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try going to www.chabad.org
There are many articles there that explain the Torah.
2007-11-15 07:26:05 · answer #6 · answered by Gershon b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can interpret anything , any way
2007-11-15 07:17:30 · answer #7 · answered by sml 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋