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- Is Biblical Theology inherently anti-Jewish?In his study Why Jews Are Not Interested in Biblical Theology, the Jewish theologian Jon Levenson argues that Jews have no interest in Biblical Theology. In fact, he considers most Christian Biblical Theologies anti-Jewish. What are these claims based on? And are they valid?
- What language did Jesus speak?What language did Jesus speak? Was it Hebrew, the language of the Israelites since ancient times, in which the Tanakh (Christians: the Old Testament) was written? Or was it Greek, the language of the New Testament and the common language of the Greco-Roman world, to which Israel belonged in the time of Jesus? Or was it perhaps Aramaic, the Jewish language spoken in the Galilee, the region of northern Israel where Jesus grew up? Maybe it was even Latin? Opinions differ on the subject.
