Last night the class begun.
It was interesting meeting Jewish converts, particularly women, elderly women. A couple of Charismatics also, apparently, not surprisingly, but I can make do with that.
I couldn't believe hearing Jewish Christians teaching and learning about Christ using their Hebrew background and terminologies. It was very educational.
A well cherished moment, and 8 more to come.
What I learned:
Targum: (I was aware of it, but here's simpler definition: Aramaic translation of the OT with added words, by Rabbis up to the 200AD. A lot of which are anti-Christian in content.)
Torah is from the word Yarah, which means shoot, straight.
The most common findings of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Isaiah, Deuteronomy & Psalms. Which are also the 3 most quoted books in NT.
The best argument from Rabbis on Isa 53 is that the Servant is referring to the remnant of Israel, since referring to the nation of Israel would fail horribly.
I asked about earlier "chosen people ministry", so far, I have only the name Alfred Edersheim (late 19th century) to go by. And the Messianic Judaism (MJAA- America).
There is a worthy note about the wiping out of virtually all early Hebrew Christians during the Holocaust and documentaries made of it. These will be my research.