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Kosher
This book is part of the highly acclaimed Walk in the Light series. It reveals that the Christian religion has long misunderstood the significance of the dietary instructions found within the Scriptures. Rather than being restrictive, the instructions are intended to lead people to health and blessings. This is a long overdue book for Christians full of fresh insight and revelation.
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118 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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August 6, 2011
Quick read, very easy to understand. This book was written not for Jews but for Christians. The book redirects modern Christian thought from it being OK to eat whatever you want to observing the dietary restrictions that Jews and "grafted-in" Christians observed in the New Testament.
September 25, 2024
I finished “Kosher” by Todd D. Bennett (2005), lent to me by someone at my church. It’s another book in the “Walk in the Light” series, meant to dispel a lot of myths surrounding Torah, mainly that it was “nailed to the cross” when Messiah was crucified.
This one was another good and fast read in the series, but not as good as the only other one that I’ve read, “Sabbath”. First of all, the word “Kosher” is not the best one to use for what’s described in the book, as Kosher goes above and beyond Leviticus 11 and, one could argue, adds to the Law, something men are not allowed to do (Deuteronomy 12:32). That said, the word “Kosher” is well-known, even among Gentiles, so it’s understandable why it was chosen for the book’s title. There was also a part where Bennett states that “bloody” steaks are not allowed under Torah, since consuming blood is disallowed, but the red fluid in beef is a combination of myoglobin and water, not blood. This kind of error should have been corrected before publication.
The bulk of the book is trying to convince Christians that they should adhere to the dietary laws of Leviticus 11, though some tiny part of the book is devoted to pointing out that Jewish Kosher rules aren’t exactly Biblical either (Jews tend to be some of the only people that actually study Torah, so I assume that Bennett didn’t expect the book to be picked up by many Jews).
Overall, the book gets across the message that it’s supposed to, albeit imperfectly. I think it would be a good primer for adherents to Churchianity that are open minded enough to listen to what the Bible has to say, even if it runs counter to their most cherished human traditions.
This one was another good and fast read in the series, but not as good as the only other one that I’ve read, “Sabbath”. First of all, the word “Kosher” is not the best one to use for what’s described in the book, as Kosher goes above and beyond Leviticus 11 and, one could argue, adds to the Law, something men are not allowed to do (Deuteronomy 12:32). That said, the word “Kosher” is well-known, even among Gentiles, so it’s understandable why it was chosen for the book’s title. There was also a part where Bennett states that “bloody” steaks are not allowed under Torah, since consuming blood is disallowed, but the red fluid in beef is a combination of myoglobin and water, not blood. This kind of error should have been corrected before publication.
The bulk of the book is trying to convince Christians that they should adhere to the dietary laws of Leviticus 11, though some tiny part of the book is devoted to pointing out that Jewish Kosher rules aren’t exactly Biblical either (Jews tend to be some of the only people that actually study Torah, so I assume that Bennett didn’t expect the book to be picked up by many Jews).
Overall, the book gets across the message that it’s supposed to, albeit imperfectly. I think it would be a good primer for adherents to Churchianity that are open minded enough to listen to what the Bible has to say, even if it runs counter to their most cherished human traditions.
September 20, 2009
A difficult book for me to accept because I always applied kosher as "being Jewish" or just "Old Testement", never thought it applied to me because I am neither. And I love BACON!
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