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Written to Messianic Jews in the first century, the Book of Hebrews, understood properly through Jewish eyes, edifies and encourages all. This epistle is one of the outstanding theological treatises in the New Testament. This book teaches the message of this important letter in a fresh, new way. Read more Read less. Customers who bought this item also bought. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. His Names Are Wonderful: God's Appointed Times New Edition: In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity. Lederer Messianic Publications June Language: Don't have a Kindle?
Try the Kindle edition and experience these great reading features: Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Read reviews that mention hebrews eyes book of hebrews highly recommend new testament hebrews through a hebrew messianic jewish recommend this book yeshua perspective. Showing of 11 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. This is a short book on Hebrews that is written by a Jewish-Christian gentleman Bible teacher. His Hebrew roots give him insight into the theme and arguments of the book of Hebrews.
He sees it as a Christian pastor who is battling strong influences prior to the fall of Jerusalem that is trying to encourage his congregation of Jewish-Christians to renounce their Christian faith and return to Judaism. This insight helps put the book and the argument into perspective.
I had always wondered why the comparisons between Judaism and Christianity permeate the book.
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He helped me see it. Additionally, his expertise in Judaism helps shed insight on what the issues really were and the nuances of the argument and the structure that the argument takes. It is a short book but very rewarding and well worth the read.
Hebrews Through a Hebrew's Eyes: Hope in the Midst of a Hopeless World by Stuart Sacks
I highly recommend it. Hope in the Midst ofa Hopeless World. Paperback , pages.
Published June 1st by Messianic Jewish Publishers. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Hebrews Through a Hebrew's Eyes , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Hebrews Through a Hebrew's Eyes. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Nov 23, Michael Boling rated it it was amazing. Furthermore, understanding to whom the book of Hebrews was written and why it bore such great importance for that audience is truly a key to grasping the truths contained therein as well as providing insight into how we, as believers today, should understand Hebrews.
Hope in the Midst of a Hopeless World , rightly addresses the truths found in the book of Hebrews from the likely point of view of the original readers of Hebrews, people who desperately needed to have affirmation that this Jesus was in fact the Son of God, the long promised Messiah. Throughout his book, Sacks makes a distinct effort to help the reader take a journey back to the first century when Hebrews was written, to the time of those who received this homiletic treatise.
While there are certainly more scholarly and voluminous works on Hebrews available on the market, many of them outstanding in their own right, what I appreciated most about Sacks effort was its simplistic profundity, an approach that truly mirrors the approach taken in the book that he exegetes. Sacks uses his background as a Jew who came to faith in Christ to present to the reader that all important Messianic understanding of the Messiah.
Hebrews was written to a people who were certainly struggling with a desire to return to Judaism, especially in the face of constant pressure from the Jewish community as well as the constant fear of persecution.
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Thus, there was a strong temptation to ditch this thing called following Christ and to return to the traditions of their forefathers. While there is certainly nothing wrong with working through a book like Hebrews with an English translation, I would submit there is great merit in engaging the original languages. For example, Sacks uses the word Torah throughout the book instead of the more widely used translation of law.
Another important term used in Hebrews that is best understood in the Hebrew vernacular is that of Yeshua. Now mind you, I am by no means a sacred name proponent. However, names in Scripture are often pregnant with meaning and Yeshua is no exception given it literally means Savior.
The difference is to be found in the nature of what was sacrificed. The infinitely greater sacrifice of the Messiah accomplished what the first system could never do. Life-giving grace has made it so. Completeness is found at the foot of the cross.
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As noted earlier, there certainly are more scholarly and academic oriented let alone longer texts on the book of Hebrews. Sacks effort demonstrates that a good book does not always have to be lengthy to be useful to the reader. May 17, Debbie rated it liked it Shelves: The author doesn't comment on specific verses so much as talk about the basic ideas brought up in each chapter of Hebrews.
Hebrews Through a Hebrew's Eyes: Hope in the Midst of a Hopeless World
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