A student in Nairobi can now download a PDF and, in seconds, find Edersheim's note on the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) in John 10. A pastor in Manila can copy his chart of the Temple sacrifices for a sermon. A Jewish believer in São Paulo can read a Christian book that honors rabbinic tradition.
Liberal theologians sneered. "A rabbi in clerical robes," sniffed one German critic. "He sees Talmud where there is only gospel." Comentario Biblico Historico Alfred Edersheim Pdf
But Vienna in the 1840s was a city of intellectual upheaval. Through a series of encounters—first with a Scottish Presbyterian missionary, then with a careful reading of the Hebrew New Testament—Edersheim came to a conviction that would isolate him from his family: he believed Jesus was the Jewish Messiah. A student in Nairobi can now download a