Posted on 05/03/2008 5:55:45 PM PDT by Tigen
(IsraelNN.com) There is a strong possibility that at least some rabbis and Orthodox candidates will skip the International Bible Quiz, which takes place on Israel Independence Day, this Thursday. Several Rabbis, including Rabbi Shlomo Aviner of Bet El, have called for a boycott of the event because of the inclusion of a candidate whose family is said to have close ties to the Christian missionaries. Other rabbis who have called for a boycott of the event include Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, chief rabbi of Safed and son of former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, and Rabbi Ya'acov Yosef, son of former Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.
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And Aviner is afraid that some Christians will know more than the kids from his Yeshiva?
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Good question.
Spot on. A solid understanding of the NT is necessary for a proper understanding of the OT.
Wow, those Jews sure are fearless!
So you think that the people who have abandoned the Hebrew Bible and call it "old" should have the edge? Maybe this is why Christians were excluded.
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Sorry but it’s not the Christians who abandoned the OT. “You praise me with you lips but your hearts are far from me. You have abandoned the precepts of God for the commandments of men.” This is as true today as it was 2700 years ago when Isaiah penned it.
Really?
So tell me, do Christians on the first day of the seventh month, celebrate a scared occasion and listen to the sound of the ram's horn? Do they observe the feast of unleavened bread, or even the sabbath, as Jesus obviously did?
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