it is about our birthright in Messiah
08-04-2007, 02:21 PM
OK...back to the question of terminology....
You agree Jesus is Judean....in fact, wasn't all of Israel Judaen in the time of Yeshua?.....so why not use the term "Jewish" roots? Especially since there seem to be some radical fringe teachings that have become attached to the term "Hebraic Roots"?
So if neither of the two terms is truly correct and representative, what do we call this exploration? Roots of the faith seems too broad......Semitic studies brings in the whole Ishmaelites issue.....
Now to anyone who is thinking this is picky....words do mean something, and names especially mean something. Whole theologies can be built by researching the nuances and meanings of names in biblical stories. So I think it's important to really be clear in what we name things and the definitions we ascribe to them.
You agree Jesus is Judean....in fact, wasn't all of Israel Judaen in the time of Yeshua?.....so why not use the term "Jewish" roots? Especially since there seem to be some radical fringe teachings that have become attached to the term "Hebraic Roots"?
So if neither of the two terms is truly correct and representative, what do we call this exploration? Roots of the faith seems too broad......Semitic studies brings in the whole Ishmaelites issue.....
Now to anyone who is thinking this is picky....words do mean something, and names especially mean something. Whole theologies can be built by researching the nuances and meanings of names in biblical stories. So I think it's important to really be clear in what we name things and the definitions we ascribe to them.
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