[PDF] My Religion And The Crucifixion Viewed From A Jewish Standpoint eBook

Author : E. Hirsch
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 2018-03-16
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ISBN : 9781986560863

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E. G. Hirsch's thought-provoking work argues that the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was a result of the Roman order occupying Judea, rather than the established Jewish temple and society of Judea. Informed by scholarly research of Israel in the 1st century AD, together with a close reading of the Biblical canon, Hirsch presents a persuasive and convincing argument as to who was culpable for Jesus' death. We hear of how the Jewish courts lost the right to pronounce a death penalty, as the Roman occupiers of Judea assumed authority in matters of crime and punishment. Notably, Hirsch points out that the phenomena of crucifying a person - tying and nailing them to a cross of wood, before leaving them exposed to the elements to die - had no founding in Jewish culture. Indeed there was no word for it; the Jews of the time only had a generic term denoting hanging, which was a commoner and less brutal form of execution. Crucifixion by contrast was a grisly innovation of Rome, reserved for its worst criminals and traitors; a horrific and very visible form of deterrent to those who might work against the Roman state. Hirsch concludes by saying that the Jewish people did not hang Jesus. The pot estas gladii - the power over life and death - lay firmly with the Romans. Emil Gustav Hirsch was a prominent rabbi who lived in the United States for most of his life. Advocating for the Reform movement of Judaism, he published several essays and works, offering learned commentaries on religious matters.

Author : Emil Gustav Hirsch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 28,88 MB
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781528347358

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Excerpt from The Crucifixion Viewed From a Jewish Standpoint: A Lecture Delivered by Invitation, Before the Chicago Institute for Morals, Religion and Letters Not to tarry too long by these and other details of difference, I may sum up the character of the fourth gospel in contradistinction to the others, as an ideal, pneumatic work. Its home was not Palestine but Asia hiinor, and the date of composition cannot be placed earlier than 150 after Christ. This comparison of the fourth gospel with the three others, shows how the pictures of Jesus gradually formed and changed, enlarged and deepened. Current in the mouth of his disciples and among the young churches, were many stories about his deeds, his birth, his life and his death. As is the case always with such tradition, they grow steadily from small beginnings as they pass from mouth to mouth, and from generation to generation, and often are enlarged by the addition of foreign elements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Emil Gustav Hirsch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781330052372

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Excerpt from The Crucifixion Viewed From a Jewish Standpoint: A Lecture Delivered by Invitation, Before the Chicago Institute for Morals, Religion and Letters Wherever religion builds her altars, there flames a burning bush, and he who would draw near to it in the proper spirit, must be mindful of the caution addressed to the old Hebrew shepherd: "Veil thy countenance, take off thy shoes, for the ground on which thou standest is holy." Religion is ever thought about the highest and deepest themes and motives of life. He who has no religion, may scoff at the convictions of another; but one who himself cherishes as the best he has, his own religious principles, will only reverently enter upon the discussion of his neighbor's religious creed, and even when he differs from him or has reason to reject one or the other fact upon which his brother rears his temple, he will never for the mere purpose of denial, or to fill a vacant hour with a ribald jest, presume to raise his voice in the other man's sanctuary. The subject which I am to handle, is fraught with great difficulties. It centers in a tragedy which for millions of the human family symbolizes the supreme moment of all history. The cross, which is the sign of that majestic and awful event, has spelled for thousands and thousands the message of hope, making life bearable under stress, testing to the utmost human endurance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Emil Gustav Hirsch
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 2015-08-11
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ISBN : 9781296710866

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Emil Gustav 1851-1923 Hirsch
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 17,96 MB
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781361659281

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Gerard Stephen Sloyan
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
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Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451408553

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What was crucifixion? Why was Jesus of Nazareth executed and what really happened? Gerard Sloyan begins with history and traces the development of the New Testament accounts of Jesus' death. He shows how Jesus' death came to be seen as sacrificial and how the evolving understandings of Jesus' death affected those who suffered most from it - the Jews. He then traces the emergence and development - in theology, liturgy, literature, art - of the conviction that Jesus' death was redemptive, as seen both in soteriological theory from Tertullian to Anselm, in the Reformation and modern eras, and in more popular religious responses to the crucifixion. Especially fascinating is the story of the emergence of a distinct "Passion piety" that still characterizes the West. In all this Sloyan detects the separation of the cross from Jesus' life and resurrection, allowing the mythicizing of an event too large for mere words to handle: the mystery of the cross.