Taron Shekara-shekara na 224 na Cocin Yan'uwa
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Yuli 5, 2010
A cikin gabatarwar mai magana don karin kumallo na 'yan jarida, David Leiter, limamin Cocin Green Tree Church of the Brothers a Oaks, Pa., ya lura, "Abin da ya fi burge ni game da Bob shi ne sadaukarwar da ya yi na hidima ga Ikilisiya gaba daya a shekarun da ya yi ritaya. ta hanyar koyarwa da rubutu."
Da yake magana a kan batun, "Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ibrananci shine Tushen Ikilisiyar Sabon Alkawari," Neff ya fara da kwatanta aikin hajjinsa na kansa, yana mai cewa lokacin da ya isa makarantar Yale Divinity School bai san abin da zai mai da hankali a kai ko abin da zai yi ba. da rayuwarsa. Neff ya ce da gaske zai iya furta "An cece ni ta wurin Tsohon Alkawari 101."
Duk abin da ya biyo baya a cikin aikinsa - farfesa na Tsohon Alkawari a Bethany Theological Seminary, babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brothers, shugaban Kwalejin Juniata - ya fara da wannan aji na OT 101 wanda Brevard Childs ya koyar.
Da farko ya ji kamar “kifi daga cikin ruwa” a matsayin farfesa na Tsohon Alkawari don ƙungiyar da ke shelar cewa ba ta da ka’ida sai Sabon Alkawari. Duk da haka, duk lokacin da ya fita yin wa’azi da koyarwa a majami’u, yakan ɗauki alkawarin Ibrananci ne kawai, wato Littafi Mai Tsarki na cocin farko.
"Alkawari na farko ya ba da labarin sabon Alkawari," in ji Neff, yana nuni ga nassoshin Tsohon Alkawari a cikin surori biyu na farko na Matta. “Matsayin Yesu a cikin tarihi an sanya shi cikin Isra’ila da kuma layin Almasihu…. Matta yana cewa babban abu na gaba a rayuwar Isra’ila shine haihuwar Yesu.”
Dukan bishara huɗu, in ji shi, sun fara da nassosin Ibrananci, kuma ya ci gaba da ba da wasu misalai da yawa na ayoyin Sabon Alkawari waɗanda “marasa iya bayyanawa” ba tare da sanin Tsohon Alkawali ba. "Idan za mu ɗauki Yesu da gaske za mu fi fahimtar labarin da ya girma," in ji Neff.
Ƙari ga haka, rayuwar bauta a Sabon Alkawari ta dogara da nassosin Ibrananci. "Yana bayyana sadaukarwa mai zurfi wadda ba za a iya fahimta ba ban da Alkawari na farko." Ya kuma mai da hankali kan wurin Waƙar Waƙoƙi da Zabura, waɗanda ba kawai rayuwar Ikklisiya ta farko ba ce, amma masu mahimmanci ga waƙar ’yan’uwa na farko.
Neff ya ƙare ta wurin jaddada mayar da hankali na nassosin Ibrananci a kan waɗanda aka kora da wahala, da kuma kula da halitta, wanda ke da mahimmanci ga fahimtar Yesu don hidimarsa. Wannan yana cikin zaɓin nassi da Yesu ya zaɓa sa’ad da ya yi magana a majami’ar garinsu. "Matta 25, rubutun da muka fi so, yana tsaye a cikin al'adar annabawan da suka kawo hukunci a kan al'ummai," in ji Neff. “Me za mu yi? Ciyar da mayunwata, ba da wani abu ga masu ƙishirwa, ku tsaya tare da baƙo…
An kammala karin kumallo tare da girmamawa mai ban mamaki ga Neff, wanda bai san cewa sabon littafin daga Brotheran Jarida ba, "Shaidar Ibrananci Littafi Mai Tsarki don Ikilisiyar Sabon Alkawari," an haɗa shi kuma an buga shi don girmama shi a cikin al'adar ilimi na Jamus. "Festschrift. Mawallafa masu haɗin gwiwar littafin–David Leiter, Christina Bucher, da Frank Ramirez – sun gabatar masa da kwafi. Haka kuma da dama daga cikin masu ba da gudummawar littafin sun halarta.
"Don samun albarka tare da sha'awa shine kyautar Allah a gare mu," in ji Neff a martani. Na gode sosai."
–Frank Ramirez fasto ne na cocin ‘yan’uwa na Everett (Pa.)
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Ƙungiyar Labarai don Taron Shekara-shekara na 2010 ya haɗa da marubuta Karen Garrett, Frank Ramirez, Frances Townsend; masu daukar hoto Kay Guyer, Justin Hollenberg, Keith Hollenberg, Glenn Riegel; ma'aikatan gidan yanar gizon Amy Heckert da Jan Fischer Bachman; da darektan labarai da editan Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org .
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