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The Midrashic Construct Of Early Christian Texts In Light Of Early Homiletics In The Synagogue, Asher Finkel Ph.D.

Rabbi Asher Finkel, Ph.D.

The Gospel preserves the preaching of Jesus as well as his early Jewish followers who penned these works, during the decades before and after the destruction of the Second Temple in the Christian first century. They offer a witness to homiletic midrash as distinct from the exegetical midrash. The latter governs the different approaches to the Biblical text and its wording. This paper was presented at the 15th World Congress of Jewish Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem in August 2009.

The “Alenu” Prayer: A Protest Or Acclamation, Asher Finkel Ph.D.

Rabbi Asher Finkel, Ph.D.

This paper examines the tradition of the synagogal Hebrew prayer of the "Alenu" and was presented at the 44th International Conference on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University on May 8, 2009.

Significant Dynamics Of Masorah As Attested In Early Rabbinic Texts, Qumran Pesharim And The Teachings Of Jesus, Asher Finkel Ph.D.

Rabbi Asher Finkel, Ph.D.

This paper outlines the significant dynamics of the classical masoretic text of the Bible as demonstrated in early rabbinic texts, Qumran pesharim and the teachings of Jesus. This paper was presented at the Twenty-First Congress of the International Organization for Masoretic Studies in conjunction with the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Boston, MA on November 24, 2008.

Research Review: The Phenomenological Dynamics Of Proto-Masorah, Asher Finkel Ph.D.

Rabbi Asher Finkel, Ph.D.

The paper focuses on the phenomenological dynamics of the proto-masoretic text of the Bible and was presented at the 67th Catholic Biblical Society Annual Meeting at St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia on August 9, 2004.

Sibling Rivalry Between Church And Jews: Commentaries On Esau And Jacob, Asher Finkel Ph.D.

Rabbi Asher Finkel, Ph.D.

This essay is based on a paper previously delivered at the Society of Biblical Literature Conference (Anaheim, 1989) and examines the rivalry between Jews and Christians as depicted in Biblical imagery. This paper was presented at the 32nd International Conference on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University on May 11, 1997.

Biblical, Rabbinic, And Early Christian Ethics, Asher Finkel Ph.D.

Rabbi Asher Finkel, Ph.D.

An analysis of the core priniples of biblical, rabbinic and early Christian ethics. The copyright is held by Peter Lang. Learn more about Jewish-Christian Encounters over the Centuries: Symbiosis, Prejudice, Holocaust, Dialogue at http://bit.ly/15yUs2K .

Yavneh’S Liturgy And Early Christianity, Asher Finkel Ph.D.

Rabbi Asher Finkel, Ph.D.

A critical historical examination of the liturgy of Yavneh and the use of the terms "minim" and "Nazarenes" in the prayer with an appendix that provides a review, both textually and historically, of the early rabbinic material (the Yavneh tradition) on the Christian teaching with a special reference to Rabbi Jesus and a particular focus on the episode involving Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus of Yavneh and Lydda at the beginning of the second century CE.

The Pharisees And The Teacher Of Nazareth, Asher Finkel

Rabbi Asher Finkel, Ph.D.