The Jewish Trinity: How the Old Testament Reveals the Christian Godhead (4 hour course)

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Course Outline

Introduction

Introducing the Speaker and Course

Unit 1: How Do I Respond to a Jewish Objection to the Christian Trinity?

The Core Beliefs of Judaism

Accessing and Using Hebrew Dictionaries

The First Problem with Understanding Monotheism

Comparing English Translations with the Text Comparison Tool

The Second Problem with Understanding Monotheism

Searching English Bibles for the Words of Christ

Understanding Elohimand the Implications for the Godhead

Unit 2: What Is Yahweh's Council?

The Divine Council in Psalm 82

The Role of the Divine Council

Using the NET Bible Notes to Find Manuscript Differences

Unit 3: Doesn't the Old Testament Deny the Existence of Other Gods?

No God Besides Yahweh

Searching for Different Forms of a Phrase from Isaiah 47:8

The Logic of Idolatry in the Ancient World

Idols in Psalm 115

Idols in 1 Corinthians 8

Elemental Spirits" in Galatians 4

Using the BDAG Greek Lexicon to Determine a Word's Meaning

Unit 4: Aren't the Host of Heaven Just Celestial Objects Rather Than Actual Beings?

The "Host of Heaven" in the Old Testament

Summary of Divine Plurality in the Old Testament

Unit 5: What Other Being Was Identified with Yahweh?

The Godhead in Ancient Judaism

The Biblical Evidence for Two Powers in Heaven

The Second Yahweh of the Old Testament

Yahweh and the Angel of Yahweh

Yahweh and "The Word"

Yahweh and the "Cloud Rider"

Unit 6: Did Jews Really Believe in Two Powers?

The Jewish Belief in a Second Yahweh Figure

Jewish Interpretations of the Second Power: Exalted Humans

Jewish Interpretations of the Second Power: Important Angels

Finding and Understanding Early Jewish Writings

Jewish Interpretations of the Second Power: The Logos

Unit 7: How Did the New Testament Writers Understand the Second Yahweh Figure?