[If you haven’t read it, here’s the link to Part 1: MUST OWN: Robert Alter – The Five Books of Moses We are featuring excerpts from the INTRODUCTION of the book to whet your appetite, with the intention of encouraging you to add this excellent translation of TORAH to your library section […]
[If you haven’t read it, here’s the link to Part 1: MUST OWN: Robert Alter – The Five Books of Moses We are featuring excerpts from the INTRODUCTION of the book to whet your appetite, with the intention of encouraging you to add this excellent translation of TORAH to your library section […]
Read moreWhy feature yet another translation of the Torah? Are we not content with our translation of choice, Everett Fox’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES? As we have previously announced, once we are able to secure a copy of THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES by Robert Alter (RA), we will feature it as well, to […]
Read moreWe have a whole series debunking the belief in the devil, fallen angels, demonic spirits—yes, despite the teaching of Paul of Tarsus and their existence, prominence and predominance in the life of the Christian Savior Jesus in-the-flesh in the gospels and the resurrected triumphant Jesus in battle with Satan in the last book of Revelation. Now […]
Read more[First posted May 18, 2012, a primer on “The Name”, graciously provided by YHWH.com.] THIS IS FROM : http://www.hiscovenantministries.org YHWH or יהוה in Hebrew God’s name the “I Am”, reveals the fullness of His nature, all of God’s nature and attributes are embodied in His name. God’s name, as written in Hebrew right to left: Originally […]
Read more[First posted in April 2012, reposted April 2014. This year, 2016 from April 22 to 30, Jewry commemorate two feasts that recount the history of their liberation from Egyptian bondage: Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread. Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.—Admin1.] ————————— The starting point of any journey is significant in the […]
Read more[Continuing Chapter 2 of James Tabor’s Restoring Abrahamic Faith: THE WAY; first posted July 2, 2012.—Admin1.] ————- Remembering the seventh day (Saturday) Sabbath is a vital part of the restoration of true BIBLICAL FAITH. This fourth commandment is not a minor statute or ordinance to be changed or abrogated with the passing of time. It is […]
Read more[First posted November 3, 2014. Please refer to the previous post: REVISIT: How now do we observe biblical feasts? -1 Looking back to where Sinaites were September 2012, this and part I demonstrate we had started shedding our Jew-wannabe initial tendency; we have managed to wean ourselves from what we started recognizing as more ‘Jewish’ […]
Read more[This was originally posted two years ago, September 26, 2013, reposted September 6, 2015. This is a timely revisit since we are into the spring festivals commanded to Israel in Leviticus 23, specifically Pesach (Passover) Chag HaMatzot, (Unleavened Bread), Shavuot (Pentecost). Originally this post was timed for the autumn feasts of Trumpets (Yom Teruah), Day […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; best read with its sequel Revisit: Genesis/Bereshith 4: ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ Translations: AST/ArtScroll Tanach; EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses—Admin1] ——————– What did Cain, the firstborn of Adam and Eve, learn from his parents? If nothing else, it should have been OBEY! But obey what? Genesis […]
Read more[First posted in 2014. This series “Becoming Israel” follows the third generation patriarch from whom would issue twelve sons/twelve tribes who would thenceforth be called “Israelites” instead of Jacobites. As previously explained, this series reflects Sinaite discussions and enables the straight-through reading of this chapter without commentary from our usual three sourcebooks. Our translation of choice […]
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