Having Your Cake

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Recently our studies in Today’s Word have focused on the rabbinic techniques of halachah and haggadah. Paul uses these techniques in his letters.  We should not be surprised.  After all, Paul was trained as a Pharissaic rabbi.  What surprises most people is that halachah was always considered binding on the audience (since it was the…

The Way of the Rabbi (2)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and He gave gifts to men.”  Ephesians 4:8 It Says – Yesterday we learned that it was common practice among rabbis to employ both halachah and haggadah, the first for explanation of the way of life and the second for…