Thursday, December 17, 2009

Rabbi Jesus

A great book to read is "Sitting At The Feet Of Rabbi Jesus: How The Jewishness Of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith" by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg.

It can be easy for us to forget that Jesus was a first-century rabbi, and reading this book helps us to better understand the history, culture, customs, traditions, beliefs, prayers, and feasts of Jesus and other first-century Jews, and the role that they all played in His ministry and His teachings.

This book puts you right into the first-century Jewish world of Jesus. You read about how Jesus' parables would have sounded to his Jewish listeners of that day and age, and you'll learn more about the conversations and debates of the day that Jesus and other rabbis were having.

It's always important to remember the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, and this book does a great job of examining those roots and the role they played in the life and ministry of Rabbi Jesus.

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