To Differ is Divine:
Feb 01, 2023 |
Episode 3: Exploring Scripture
| The Rt. Rev. Samuel Rodman, Rabbi Raachel Jurovics
Episode 3: Exploring Scripture
Episode 3 Notes
We’ve aggregated helpful resources and additional information about the religious writings, practices, symbols and thinkers discussed in this episode.
Psalm 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
(King James Version)
Deuteronomy 29:13-14
And not with you alone do I make this covenant and this oath, but with the one who stands here with us this day before me, the eternal, our God, and also with the one who is not here with us this day.
(Tanakh, tr. R. Jurovics)
Deuteronomy 30:14
No, the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.
(New Revised Standard Version)
Romans 10:8-9
But what does it say?
‘The word is near you,
on your lips and in your heart’
(that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
(New Revised Standard Version)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.’ And he said to him, ‘You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.’
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.” Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?’ He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’
(Luke 10:25-37, New Revised Standard Version)
Exodus 19:6
You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
(Tanakh, tr. R. Jurovics)
Amos 9:7
Are you not like the Cushites to me, O people of Israel? Says the Eternal. Did I not bring Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?
(Tanakh, tr. R. Jurovics)
Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself, by Donniel Hartman
Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi)
Also known as the Palestinian Talmud or Talmud of the Land of Israel, this collects rabbinic discussion/commentary on the Jewish written compilation of the previous four centuries of oral tradition known as the Mishnah, compiled in Syria Palaestina at Tiberias and Caesarea (c. 350 - 400 CE).
John 13:4
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
(New Revised Standard Version)
Maundy Thursday
The beginning of the Triduum, or three holy days leading up to Easter Sunday, when Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, Maundy Thursday commemorates both Jesus’ washing of his disciples’ feet and the Last Supper, when Jesus instituted the practice of Holy Eaucharist, one of the two major sacraments in Christianity. The word “maundy” refers to the practice of foot-washing.
Holiness Code
You shall be holy, for I the Eternal your God am Holy.
(Leviticus 19:2, Tanakh, tr. R. Jurovics)
Monism
Monism is the idea that the entire universe and all of reality is made up of the same substance and essence – divinity. The concept of monism appears in various forms across the world dating back to early Greek, Persian and Indian philosophies, as well as in the teachings of some Hasidic masters.
We’ve aggregated helpful resources and additional information about the religious writings, practices, symbols and thinkers discussed in this episode.
Psalm 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
(King James Version)
Deuteronomy 29:13-14
And not with you alone do I make this covenant and this oath, but with the one who stands here with us this day before me, the eternal, our God, and also with the one who is not here with us this day.
(Tanakh, tr. R. Jurovics)
Deuteronomy 30:14
No, the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.
(New Revised Standard Version)
Romans 10:8-9
But what does it say?
‘The word is near you,
on your lips and in your heart’
(that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
(New Revised Standard Version)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.’ And he said to him, ‘You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.’
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.” Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?’ He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’
(Luke 10:25-37, New Revised Standard Version)
Exodus 19:6
You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
(Tanakh, tr. R. Jurovics)
Amos 9:7
Are you not like the Cushites to me, O people of Israel? Says the Eternal. Did I not bring Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?
(Tanakh, tr. R. Jurovics)
Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself, by Donniel Hartman
Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi)
Also known as the Palestinian Talmud or Talmud of the Land of Israel, this collects rabbinic discussion/commentary on the Jewish written compilation of the previous four centuries of oral tradition known as the Mishnah, compiled in Syria Palaestina at Tiberias and Caesarea (c. 350 - 400 CE).
John 13:4
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
(New Revised Standard Version)
Maundy Thursday
The beginning of the Triduum, or three holy days leading up to Easter Sunday, when Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, Maundy Thursday commemorates both Jesus’ washing of his disciples’ feet and the Last Supper, when Jesus instituted the practice of Holy Eaucharist, one of the two major sacraments in Christianity. The word “maundy” refers to the practice of foot-washing.
Holiness Code
You shall be holy, for I the Eternal your God am Holy.
(Leviticus 19:2, Tanakh, tr. R. Jurovics)
Monism
Monism is the idea that the entire universe and all of reality is made up of the same substance and essence – divinity. The concept of monism appears in various forms across the world dating back to early Greek, Persian and Indian philosophies, as well as in the teachings of some Hasidic masters.
