What is Dual Covenant?Dual-covenant or two-covenant theology is a school of thought in Christian theology regarding the relevance of the Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament.
Dual-covenant theology instead holds that the Mosaic covenant remains valid for Jews while only the New Covenant applies to non-Jews or gentiles.
In 1831, the Anglican preacher and Plymouth Brethren organizer John Nelson Darby began articulating ideas concerning a distinct future restoration for Israel and separate dealings by God with Jews under the law versus Christians under grace.
Who is Ali Ataie?Ali Ataie is a teacher, researcher who specializes in interfaith work. He has been involved in many dialogues and debates with Christian scholars regarding famous topics including the resurrection of Jesus and the Prophethood of Muhammad. As a lecturer and instructor, he visited California Polytechnic State University, California State University East Bay, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, and UCLA.
What is an Angel?An angel is generally a supernatural being found in various religions and mythologies. In Abrahamic religions, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as intermediaries between God or Heaven and Humanity. Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God's tasks. Within Abrahamic religions, angels are often organized into hierarchies, although such rankings may vary between sects in each religion, and are given specific names or titles, such as Gabriel or 'Destroying angel'.
What is Jews?Judaism encompasses the religion, philosophy, culture and way of life of the Jewish people. Judaism is a monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship that God established with the Children of Israel.
Judaism includes a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Within Judaism there are a variety of movements, most of which emerged from Rabbinic Judaism, which holds that God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of both the Written and Oral Torah.
The Jews are an ethnoreligious group and include those born Jewish and converts to Judaism. In 2012, the world Jewish population was estimated at about 14 million, or roughly 0.2% of the total world population. About 42% of all Jews reside in Israel and about 42% reside in the United States and Canada, with most of the remainder living in Europe.