Sentences with phrase «as a rabbi»

William Phipps, who has written extensively on the subject of Jesus» sexuality, says Jesus could not have been accepted as a rabbi in the Jewish society of his day had he not been married, and that the marriage in Cana, where his mother as hostess called on him for help with the wine, was probably his own wedding feast.

Paul no longer called the Christians disciples, since he could no longer conceive of Jesus as a rabbi.

Conservative Judaism, in contrast, opted to remove all religious distinctions between the sexes, including the elimination of the barrier separating men's and women's sections in the synagogue and the stricture on the ordination of women as rabbis.

I minister to my four children as a mother, my 5,000 congregants as a rabbi, and my global audience as a motivational...

Oh hahaha, pastor as rabbi as officiator as well sometimes....

As his rabbi tells him, the Talmud says that the key to happiness is threefold: «Nice wife, nice house, nice dishes.»

Is it conceivable that he who as eschatological prophet proclaims the coming of the Kingdom and drives out demons, at the same time as a rabbi teaches his disciples and enters into disputes about questions of the Law which were important at that time?

I loved the responses from the director of the Islamic center as well as the rabbi.

The disciples, Jesus says, are not to be addressed as rabbi, because they have only the one teacher, and they are all brothers.

[11][12][13][8] Scholars have offered competing descriptions and portraits of Jesus, which at times share a number of overlapping attributes, such as a rabbi, a charismatic healer, the leader of an apocalyptic movement, a self - described Messiah, a sage and philosopher, or a social reformer who preached of the «Kingdom of God» as a means for personal and egalitarian social transformation.

Jesus, like the great rabbis of his time, taught that men should do right not because it pays (Lk 6:35) but because it is God's will; but at the same time he recognized, as the rabbis did, that righteousness has incidental, secondary rewards.

It's my mission as a rabbi to help people celebrate Judaism.»

From 1996 to 2001, Rabbi Schonfeld served as the rabbi of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, an historic congregation on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where she was known for her dynamic preaching, innovative approaches to experiential education and community leadership.

If we follow him, shouldn't we suppose that he, as our rabbi so to speak, was giving us examples of how our lives should be lived in the here and now?

As the rabbis put the matter: «Whatever David says in his book pertains to himself, to all Israel, and to all times.»

But don't overlook Nivola, an enigmatic figure as the rabbi and husband.

Jackie Mason is a giant of American comedy, a veteran stand - up performer who trained as a rabbi before embarking on a six - decade career.

Dovid has risen in the ranks of the Orthodoxy as a rabbi and Esti is now his wife, creating odd maneuverability around what their group has been and how it has changed.

Esti has found peace with her life as a rabbi's wife and is devoted to her faith — until Ronit shows up.

Now, Dovid has followed Ronit's father's footsteps as a rabbi and is poised to take over those duties in the synagogue.

I have been in the healthcare field for most of my professional life, first as a registered nurse, and now as a rabbi and interfaith healthcare chaplain.

In the end, as the rabbi nears death and a harsh winter threatens the pastor's wobbly church, Albom sadly fulfills the rabbi's last request and writes the eulogy.

Are Jewish dissenters sadly tragic figures, lacking a positive self - identification, «unabashedly pro-Palestinian,» as a rabbi in Texas termed it in her e-mail missive to rabbis of the Conservative movement?

Jesus as rabbi, his understanding of the Old Testament, his consideration of the «Law,» his ethic of «obedience,» his attitude towards wealth, the commandment of Love, the «Will of God» and the coming of the Kingdom.

He broke down social barriers, touching those who had been declared «untouchable,» teaching women as their rabbi, and eating and drinking with «sinners.»

I minister to my four children as a mother, my 5,000 congregants as a rabbi, and my global audience as a motivational speaker and author.

And as a rabbi, he would be expected to marry.

and to increase his ability to help people who turn to him as rabbi in their time of need.

For stories to be told of him as a rabbi, the picture of his actual work as a teacher of the Law must have been distinctly impressed on their memory; later it was gradually thrust into the background by the figure of the Messiah.

From this time come the disputes over interpretation of the Law, in which they appealed to the authority of Jesus and represented him as the rabbi which he had never been.

In this essay, I have referred only to the Book of Genesis and thus have chosen not to mention the prohibitions against homosexuality included in Leviticus, for it seems to me that what is at stake now is not homosexuality, which is a fact, a reality, whatever my view of it as a rabbi might be.