{"id":2304,"date":"2011-12-13T17:12:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T01:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2011-12-13T17:12:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T01:12:45","slug":"netanyahus-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2011\/netanyahus-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu&#8217;s Bible Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the man is a Christian or interested in becoming one, I can understand a <i>Bible<\/i> study.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, I wonder if this is being called something it isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>After all, a practicing Jew doesn&#8217;t accept the Bible as a whole, does he?<\/p>\n<p>Makes me wonder: Will this study even be using Bibles? Genuine, sixty-six-book, two-testament Bibles? <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s this all about? Here, I&#8217;ll show you:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Taking a page out of David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin\u2019s playbook, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will begin hosting a regular Bible study group in his official residence for researchers, public officials and invited guests.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu announced the establishment of the study circle on Friday at a ceremony marking 30 days since the passing of his father-in-law, Shmuel Ben-Artzi. The study group will be named after Ben-Artzi, a noted poet and Bible teacher.<\/p>\n<p>Both Ben-Gurion and Begin, when they each served as prime minister, hosted regular Bible study groups.Netanyahu said he was establishing the class to perpetuate love of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday, at a ceremony in Sde Boker marking the 38th anniversary of Ben-Gurion\u2019s death, Netanyahu recalled the first premier\u2019s Bible study class, saying that his father-in-law used to attend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ben-Gurion understood that the Book of Books is our mandate for our country, as he said in that same unforgettable statement before the Peel Commission in 1936,&#8221; Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<p><i>Source:<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/LandedPages\/PrintArticle.aspx?id=248941\">Netanyahu re-establishes PM Bible class<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>HT:<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/13\/netanyahu-to-start-bible-study-in-his-home-pray-that-all-israelis-follow-his-lead-and-begin-reading-the-word-like-in-the-days-of-king-josiah\/\" title=\"Joel C. Rosenberg's blog post about this story\">Joel C. Rosenberg<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If this study doesn&#8217;t include the New Testament and Jesus Christ, I hardly see how it can be branded as a <b>Bible<\/b> study.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe that&#8217;s just me.<\/p>\n<p>(Or do I mean &#8220;just I&#8221;? Grammar cops, what say ye?)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the man is a Christian or interested in becoming one, I can understand a Bible study. Otherwise, I wonder if this is being called something it isn&#8217;t. After all, a practicing Jew doesn&#8217;t accept the Bible as a whole, does he? Makes me wonder: Will this study even be using Bibles? 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