Kävin ensimmäisen kerran syksyllä 2014 kurssin Juutalainen Jeesus – valo maailman kansoille. Kokemus muodostui hyvin merkittäväksi ja loi pohjaa monen uuden asian oppimiselle. Alun perin tarkoitukseni ei ollut tulla enää uudestaan, mutta kun kuulin kevään 2018 kurssista, välitön reaktioni oli, että haluaisin osallistua toistamiseen. En osaa loppuun asti selittää miksi. Osa syistä oli tietoisia, osittain […]
Huhti-toukokuun taitteessa 13 osallistujaa sai ainutkertaisen mahdollisuuden tutustua Jeesuksen maahan Caspari-keskuksen kurssilla Discovering Jesus in His Jewish Context (Löytöretki Jeesuksen juutalaisuuteen). Kurssilaisten joukossa oli norjalaisia, joitakin paikallisia ja suomalaisia, kuten minä. Ikivanhoja kiviä tutkimassa Kaikkialla erilaiset kivet muistuttivat meitä siitä, mitä kerran oli olemassa, oli se sitten Herodion-linnoitus tai kiehtova Magdala-kivi Magdalan […]
Det første kurset jeg deltok på var høsten 2014. Deltakelse på dette kurset ble svært verdifullt for meg og erfaringene ga et viktig grunnlag for utvidelse av kunnskap. Jeg hadde ikke tenkt å delta på flere kurs, men da jeg ble oppmerksom på at det skulle arrangeres nytt kurs våren 2018 var min umiddelbar reaksjon […]
Mitt Israel har rundet 70 år. Gjenfødelsesåret har en interessant parallell: Ifølge 1. Moseboks slektsliste, ble Abraham født i året 1948 etter verdens skapelse. Abraham var den første som fikk landløftet og løftet om å bli til en velsignelse for alle folk i verden. Og i 1948 e.Kr. skjedde noe annet som skulle få betydning […]
Iløpet av kurset «Discovering Jesus in his Jewsih Context» (23.april – 3.mai 2018) var vi tretten deltakere som fikk en helt unik mulighet til å oppdage Jesu eget land. Blant deltagerne på kurset var det nordmenn, noen lokale, og – i likhet med meg – mange finner. Å se de gamle steinene Steiner som det […]
My Israel has turned 70. The year of its rebirth also has an interesting parallel: according to Genesis’ genealogies, Abraham was born in the year 1948 after the creation of the world. Abraham was the first Hebrew to receive the promise of the land and of becoming a blessing to all the nations of […]
I recently participated in Caspari Center’s “Discovering Jesus in His Jewish Context” course for the second time. The first such course I attended was in the fall of 2014. Participating in that first course was very valuable for me, and the experience provided an important foundation on which to build, as I learned more about […]
During the Caspari Center’s Discovering Jesus in His Jewish Context course which took place recently, 13 participants had a unique opportunity to discover the Land of Jesus. Among the course participants there were some Norwegians, some locals and, like me, many Finns. Observing the Ancient Rocks The stones all around reminded us of what […]
The Caspari Center began organizing seminars in Haifa for Russian-speaking teachers in 2011. Our primary goal was to offer training to teachers from the north of Israel, and the Russian language was initially chosen due to the abundance of Russian-speaking congregations in the region. What do we see seven years later? First, the number of […]
Since the 18th century, the question of the historical Jesus has puzzled theologians. They have actively constructed portraits of Jesus, and depicted him as an apocalyptic prophet, a charismatic healer, a Cynic philosopher, a prophet of social change and so on. Jesus has been a black man, a Marxist revolutionist, a Palestinian and a feminist. Many different […]