[Commentary by EF/Everett Fox, THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES. Reformatted for this post.–Admin1.] PART I THE DELIVERANCE NARRATIVE (1-15:21) The first part of the book of Exodus is presented as a continuation of the Genesis narratives, by abbreviating the genealogy of the immigrant Yaakov from Gen. 46:8-25. We find here the same centrality of God, the […]
Read more[Translation w/commentary is by EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; additional commentary from RA/Robert Alter, and REF/Richard Elliott Friedman. A reminder about the commentary from P&H/Pentateuch and Haftorah, ed. Dr. J.H.Hertz; this resource book is as invaluable as the others; however, the commentators often go beyond what is stated in the text, making presumptions and logical conclusions. It is […]
Read more[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; in practice, we usually present the chapter text with as little interruption as possible except for S6k side comments, for the first reading; then follow this up with the same chapter complete with the regular commentaries we have constantly featured, to further aid readers’ in understanding cultural, historical, […]
Read more[Another resurrected post from a year ago— at about this same time yearly, Sinaite VAN celebrates his birthday timed when the Jewish Passover and the Christian Easter are celebrated. Last year, our Messianic teacher-friend made a last-ditch effort to make VAN rethink the direction he had taken,basically from NT Jesus to OT YHWH; after all, […]
Read more[The Creator commanded the first human to ‘tend the garden’, in effect—take care of this earth that He has created to sustain all life. Humanity has not heeded and today, the generations currently inhabiting planet earth are threatened by mother nature’s backlash, consequences in the various forms of destructive natural calamities. We are reprinting this […]
Read more[We are resurrecting posts that are relevant to the season of resurrection; this was first posted in August 2012. While it started to be about the film version of a book by Kazantzakis, it gradually focused more on Kazantzakis himself, a most gifted writer and deep thinker who struggled with his God. His life is […]
Read more[We are into the Resurrection Season so here’s a resurrected post first published in 2012. —Admin1.] ——————————– JCS – “Jesus Christ Superstar” Andrew Lloyd Webber is such a musical genius whose contribution to musical theater includes Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and two biblically-based musicals Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat […]
Read moreTSTL: “Thus saith the LORD” or perhaps it should be TSTY for “Thus saith YHWH.” Christianity teaches that every person born since the first couple ‘Adam and Eve’ are tainted with “original sin,” a condition that all have inherited like a spiritual DNA. All are helpless and will die with it and be damned […]
Read more[Translation and commentary by EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. Additional elected commentary from RA/Robert Alter, and Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H.Hertz, and REF/Richard Elliott Friedman, Commentary on the Torah.] Exodus/Shemoth 1 [REF]The book of Exodus tells the story of the birth of a nation in slavery and ends with the nation’s establishment of its own […]
Read more[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.] At the conclusion of Genesis 50, Joseph, his brothers and an Egyptian entourage journeyed from Egypt to Canaan to bury Jacob in the cave of the Machpelah field . . . then they returned to Egypt. The brothers then realized that with their father gone, Joseph might still […]
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