I find it fascinating when something in the parsha of the week is alluded to in an article in the media during the same week, as if lending credence to the veracity of the words written thousands of years ago.
This week, Parshat Vayera was read in synagogues throughout the world, describing the visit of the three angels to the patriarch, Abraham.
Yesterday, the New York Times published an article titled Abraham’s Progeny, and Their Texts which focused on a new exhibition at the New York Public Library.
So much is shared in these three faiths. But the distinctions are also important and tend to be too aggressively minimized. For example: the biblical story of Abraham welcoming the three messengers who announce that his aged wife will give birth is pictured here...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/arts/design/23faiths.html?src=me&ref=homepage
Speaking about the words of the holy Scripture, in a Vatican synod meeting, "the synod fathers also took issue with Jews who use the Bible to justify settlements in the West Bank."
Greek-Melchite Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, said:
"We Christians cannot speak about the promised land for the Jewish people. There is no longer a chosen people. All men and women of all countries have become the chosen people.
"...The justification of Israel's occupation of the land of Palestine cannot be based on sacred scriptures."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3973590,00.html
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