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Windows into the Bible: Cultural and Historical Insights from the Bible for Modern Readers is unavailable, but you can change that!

While many endeavor to help people read and study the Bible, few take seriously the four-dimensional approach necessary to understand God’s revelation in time and space. These four aspects must be synthesized to answer the question, “What did the Bible mean?” They function like four lenses of a camera that, when pointed and focused on an object, are adjusted until the picture comes into focus. By...

Their relationship with God was characterized as very intimate, like a father and a son. There are many similarities between Jesus and the Hasidim, both with regard to their actions and their piety.76 Jesus, like the Hasidim, emphasized the preeminence of a person’s relationship toward one’s fellow human beings. The quality of this relationship established the basis for one’s relationship with God. These Hasidic impulses upon the teachings and actions of Jesus, as well as the tensions created between
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