Exodus/Shemoth 20a: The DECALOGUE – Commandments I, II & III (Jewish Perspective)

[These are notes from another RESOURCE we recommend as MUST OWN; this has been hailed as a great scholarly achievement by authorities of the Bible everywhere.  Its translation is based on the American Jewish Version of TNK.  Reformatting and slight editing ours.) The Soncino Press PENTATEUCH & HAFTORAHS – Hebrew Text English Translation & Commentary,Edited by Dr. H. […]

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Exodus/Shemoth 19: The First Coming

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.—Admin1]    Christians talk about “the second coming” referring to the return of their “Messiah” Jesus Christ.  His “first coming” was supposedly when this Son-God came to live among mankind, starting as a baby born of a virgin (the Christmas story).  Messianics share the same belief about a second coming, […]

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Dogmatic Theology – Christianity/Judaism

[This brief discussion is from  A History of the Jews by Christian historian Paul Johnson; he discusses the difference in dogmatic theology where Christianity had problems formulating while it was relatively absent from rabbinical Judaism. This book as been featured as MUST READ and MUST OWN, downloadable as ebook from amazon.com; reformatted for posting.]   Equally important, however, was […]

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Exodus/Shemoth 15 – "Who is like you among the gods, O YHVH!"

[Translation:  EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. —Admin1] This is from Torah for Dummies by Arthur Kurzweil: As the Pharaoh’s horse came into the Red Sea and the Egyptians drowned, Moses and the Israelites sang a song together known as Shirat Ha Yam (sheer-aht ha yahm; the Song at the Sea).  The song commemorates the miracle of the Israelites’ escape from Egypt’s […]

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Exodus/Shemoth 14 – "And Yisra'el saw …"

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  We are not yet featuring the usual commentaries, we’re simply updating to the new translation from the former.  The commentary here is by NSB@S6K. —Admin1]   —————————————-   Cecille B. DeMille of Hollywood epic cinema fame probably deserves credit for bringing to the movie-viewing public the most memorable […]

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Exodus/Shemoth 13 – “Hallow to me every firstborn . . . it is mine.”

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  We will feature the commentaries later, for now we are just updating the translation from the previous one.—Admin1.]   A night to remember . . . the night of Passover . . . for two people groupings: the Hebrew slaves  and their Egyptian masters;  one about to experience redemption […]

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