Benjamin Sommer has long been active as a lecturer and scholar-in-residence. He is teaching rabbis, Jewish educators, and laypeople in a variety of settings in the United States and Israel. Sommer has a BA with distinction in Philosophy and in Judaic Studies, Yale University, 1986; Studies in the department of Bible at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1986-1987; MA, Bible and Ancient Near East, Brandeis University, 1991; PhD, with distinction, Religion/Biblical Studies, University of Chicago, 1994. Sommer joined The Jewish Theological Seminary faculty as professor of Bible in July 2008.
Christianity is a global religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, who followers believe is the Son of God. It's a monotheistic faith, meaning Christians believe in one God who exists in three co-equal persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. Christianity is based on the Bible, with the Old Testament and New Testament serving as sacred texts.
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Latin: trinus "threefold") holds that God is one God, but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases. These being the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit - as "one God in three Divine Persons". The three Persons are distinct, yet are one "substance, essence or nature" (homoousios).
Judaism is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of observing the Mosaic covenant, which they believe was established between God and the Jewish people. The religion is considered one of the earliest monotheistic religions. Jewish religious doctrine encompasses a wide body of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Among Judaism's core texts is the Torah - the first five books of the Hebrew Bible - and a collection of ancient Hebrew scriptures. The Tanakh, known in English as the Hebrew Bible, has the same books as Protestant Christianity's Old Testament, with some differences in order and content.
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Many Jewish thinkers have recognized there is Trinitarian evidence in the old testament and this video goes over these facts.
The Trinity in the Old Testament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNt5NKSse0Y
The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel - Dr. Benjamin Sommer
http://www.biblestudying.net/trinity9.html
Genesis, The JPS Torah Commentary - Nahum Sarna
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus - Dr. Michael Brown
The Works of Philo - Translated by C. D. Yonge
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