Tag: jew
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Abram: Sheikh of Ur
Why would I call Abram a Sheikh? (That’s probably not how you think of the Abraham of the Bible account.) Terah took Abram his son … and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. – Genesis 11:31…
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![Photo of 2 sheiks. شيوخ šuyūḫ [ʃuju:x])—also transliterated sheekh, sheik, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and shaikh—is an honorific title in the Arabic language.](https://talkofjesus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Sheikhs-Royal-Princes.jpg)
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Sons of Tradition
Two thousand years ago: the setting in Judea, a leavened relic of a Roman province once known as Judah; in fact a thousand more years before, a respected United Kingdom of Israel. Yet Solomon’s kingdom was split, David’s power long lost, Moses’ Law long debated and Abraham’s history much distorted. Temples destroyed. Temples rebuilt. Religion…
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Interrupting Jesus 3 – interrupted by academia
We’ve all met them: the academicians, professors, learned men of logic with indisputable researched proofs of their position; the Doctors of Divinity and PhD’s of wisdom: we’ve all met them. If you have not read the books of wisdom in the Bible, notably Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, you have neglected your own education by God. Of…
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