Includes bibliographical references 129 understanding the difficult words of jesus. This emphasis on hebrew is critically important, since the authors are careful to discredit any notion that the teachings of jesus were originally transmitted in aramaic. New insights from a hebrew perspective kindle edition by bivin, david, blizzard jr. Understanding the difficult words of jesus by david bivin. Understanding the difficult words of jesus by david biven and roy b. Hebrew, this has led to a considerable amount of misunderstanding on the part of scholars and laypersons alike. The liberation of jerusalema prophecy in the new testament, immanuel. The more technical background of understanding the difficult words of jesus is to be found in scholarly literature authored by flusser, safrai, and others at hebrew university,2 but especially important as a prelude or com panion to this book are two works by robert l. New light on the difficult words of jesus is a collection of some of. Reading new light on the difficult words of jesus will increase your love and respect for the man, jesus, and summon your heart.
They then talked about modern linguistic research and evidence. Understanding the difficult words of jesus by david bivin goodreads. Roy blizzard understanding the difficult words of jesus. I was somewhat disappointed in this book, as a great deal of it involves the case for claiming that jesus spoke and taught in hebrew instead of greek or aramaic and that the synoptic gospels matthew, mark and luke were originally written in hebrew with greek being the language of translation. New light on the difficult words of jesus engedi resource center. Understanding the difficult words of jesus is a bible study or bible backgrounds book. It was during my sabbatical year in jerusalem that i first became ac quainted with david bivin, robert lindsey, and other students and colleagues of david flusser of the hebrew university. Bivin is an israeliamerican biblical scholar, member of the jerusalem school of synoptic research and author of new light on the difficult words of jesus. This book clearly describes ways of understanding some original hebrew and greek techniques and discovering the true meanings of many of the words of jesus. The authors examined the problems with the aramaic and greek theories. Understanding the difficult words of jesus gordon college faculty. This book will be an important addition to your personal or group bible study time. New insights from a hebrew perspective david bivin, roy blizzard jr. Understanding the difficult words of jesus paperback 9781560435501 by david bivin, roy.
I left determined to become a disciple of rav yeshua. This is the jesus you will encounter on this study tour with david bivin. This makes the study of hebraisms that much more significant see david bivin, understanding the difficult words of jesus shippensburg, pa. The book examines jesus lifestyle as a firstcentury jewish rabbi. The main part of the book was an argument that hebrew, not aramaic, was the common language of the jewish people and the language that jesus mainly taught in. In my continued studies on the hebrew backgrounds to the bible, including the new testament language. Many of these examples gave new or deeper insight into the passages. Understanding the difficult words of jesus paperback. The authors of understanding the difficult words of jesus argue that that is why so many new testament phrases and especially the words of jesus sound so strange or awkward or just plain confusing.
Understanding the difficult words of jesus, by david bivin and roy bliz zard. Digital products physical products audio cd download dvd ebook mp3 cd pdf. New insights from a hebraic perspective revised edition by david bivin, roy b. New light on the difficult words of jesus is a collection of some of his.