When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. List of converts to Judaism - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Judaism

   Géza Vermes, world-renowned historical Jesus research scholar, Hebraist and historian of religion, best known for being an eminent translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls; [39] [40] a former Roman Catholic priest of Jewish descent, he rediscovered his Jewish roots, abandoned Christianity and converted to Liberal Judaism.

3. Conversion to Judaism - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_to_Judaism

   Today, the process has become more centralized, with the conversion candidate having to convince a rabbi and the beth din of their sincerity, and there will usually be a considerable amount of study. In addition to studying, potential converts are typically expected to become involved in the Jewish community.

4. Judaizers - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaizers

   The Council of Jerusalem is generally dated to 48 AD, roughly 15 to 25 years after the crucifixion of Jesus, between 26 and 36 AD. Acts 15 and Galatians 2 both suggest that the meeting was called to debate whether male Gentiles who were converting to become followers of Jesus were required to become circumcised; the rite of circumcision was considered execrable and repulsive during the period ...

5. Jewish views on Jesus - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_views_on_Jesus

   Adherents of Judaism do not believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah or Prophet nor do they believe he was the Son of God.In the Jewish perspective, it is believed that the way Christians see Jesus goes against monotheism, a belief in the absolute unity and singularity of God, which is central to Judaism; [1] Judaism sees the worship of a person as a form of idolatry, which is forbidden. [2]

6. Paula Fredriksen - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Fredriksen

   Paul thought not that gentiles should not become Jews, but that they could not become Jews: covenantal circumcision, he insisted, occurs only on the eighth day of the male infant's life (Philippians 3.5). [31] [22] Jewish circumcision for adult gentile males, in view of Jewish law, was thus "nothing" (1 Corinthians 7.19).

7. Hebrew Roots - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Roots

   Likewise, Mishnaic Hebrew did not develop until after the time of Jesus, and Aramaic, rather than Hebrew, was the standard liturgical language used during the time of Jesus. While Orthodox Jewish tradition holds that the Masoretic Text dates to the time of Moses, historical evidence suggests that this version of the Tanakh/Old Testament only ...

8. Deathbed conversion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathbed_conversion

   Russian Orthodox icon of The Good Thief in Paradise (Moscow school, c. 1560). A deathbed conversion is the adoption of a particular religious faith shortly before dying. Making a conversion on one's deathbed may reflect an immediate change of belief, a desire to formalize longer-term beliefs, or a desire to complete a process of conversion already underway.

9. List of converts to Christianity from Judaism - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to...

   This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of notable converts to Christianity from Judaism after the split of Judaism and Christianity. Christianity originated as a movement within Judaism that believed in Jesus as the Messiah. The earliest Christians were Jews or ...