Continued from Chapter 6 (Genesis 18:30) The word,’adon, “lord” (plural, ’adonai ), may be used in the singular or the plural to refer to a d...

Continued from Chapter 7 (Genesis 32:25-31) Christians use the biblical story of Jacob’s wrestling with an angel as proof of their belief in a tr...

(Genesis 49:10) Christians attempt to demonstrate that the Messiah had to come prior to the end of Jewish sovereignty in 70 C.E. by citing Genes...

(Exodus 3:2-8, 10-16, 18) The Angel of the Lord Some trinitarians claim that whenever the Scriptures mention malach ’Adon-ai (Y-H-V-H), “an angel ...

Trinitarians cite this passage as further evidence of their allegation that the term “angel of the Lord” refers to part of a triune deity.

(Leviticus 17:11) Fulfilling the Torah’s requirements Christians argue that the multiplicity of biblical laws makes it impossible for one to ...

The efficacy of contrite prayer Many passages in Scripture declare that sincere repentant prayer, without an accompanying blood sacrifice, can a...

The Nicene Creed It is a fundamental belief of most Christians that God consists of three beings in one: God the Father, God the Son and God the H...

Continued from Chapter 11b And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my suppl...

That which is acceptable to God The sacrificial atonement system of the Torah was given exclusively to the Jewish people: “I have given it [the bl...

Continued from Chapter 11d Sacrificial blood loss Biblically, sacrificial death must be directly attributable to the loss of blood and this she...

The sacrifices of our lips ̶ ̶ Hosea 14:3 The understanding that under certain circumstances prayer alone is sufficient in the atonement process i...

Availability of God’s forgiveness As we have seen, the sacrificial system is a part of one method the Almighty provides for attaining forgiveness ...

Not by blood alone There is historical precedent from Jewish history to guide us as to the biblically prescribed manner by which to obtain atoneme...

The poor man’s offering What does the Torah say concerning a poor man who cannot afford the price of a blood sacrifice? But if he cannot afford tw...

(Deuteronomy 13:2-4) The New Testament claim that Jesus performed miracles is one more exaggeration on the part of early Christians seeking to i...

(Deuteronomy 18:15, 18) The Torah declares that “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me [Moses] from among you, from your bre...

Deuteronomy 27:26 states: “Cursed be he who does not establish the words of this law to do them.” Paul, seeking to deprecate the Torah in an effort...

(Joshua 22:22, Psalms 50:1) Trinitarian Christians make use of ’El, ’Elohim and Y-H-V-H, employed in Joshua 22:22: “’El, ’Elohim, Y-H-V-H, ’El, ...

Proving the existence of a Quaternary Trinitarians manipulate the Scriptures to establish the triune doctrine. If they had a Quaternary to prove, t...

(Isaiah 7:14-16) Isaiah 7:14-16: Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and s...

Parthenos (virgin) - The etymology of the Greek word parthenos is uncertain. A complicating factor is that there are several instances of the word ...

‘Almah The Christian understanding of the scriptural uses of ‘almah is usually governed by the attempt to prove that the word means virgin in Isaia...

Betulah It is a fact of biblical usage that betulah is the Hebrew word for “virgin,” consistently used in passages which leave no room for specula...

The ’ot What was the purpose of the ’ot, the corroborating sign, the divine attestation, of the message the prophet delivered? The timing of the ev...

Why does the Septuagint use parthenos? The Hebrew phrase ha-‘almah harah ve-yoledet ben literally rendered is “the ‘almah pregnant and shall bear ...

The untenable Christian claim The virgin conception story cannot gain any substantiation through reference to the Jewish Scriptures or by appealin...

Several suggestions have been proposed to identify the mother and child. Frequently, she has been identified with a present wife of Ahaz or a young...

Could God bring about such a miracle as is proclaimed in the doctrine of the virgin conception? The Jewish Scriptures teach that God is omnipotent...

Who could say with certainty that she was a virgin following her child’s conception or at his birth?11 A virgin being with child would not be an ou...