[First posted in 2013. Since this chapter is a crucial one, we will quote in toto the commentary of our MUST READ/MUST OWN Pentateuch & Haftarahs, not only the Introduction but the comment for specific verses. Commentary is enclosed in [brackets]. Highlighting and reformatting have been added.—Admin1.] ———————- CHAPTER XIX. A MANUAL OF MORAL INSTRUCTION […]
[First posted in 2013. Since this chapter is a crucial one, we will quote in toto the commentary of our MUST READ/MUST OWN Pentateuch & Haftarahs, not only the Introduction but the comment for specific verses. Commentary is enclosed in [brackets]. Highlighting and reformatting have been added.—Admin1.] ———————- CHAPTER XIX. A MANUAL OF MORAL INSTRUCTION […]
Read moreAny inventor/maker/creator of any item that has to function properly and efficiently gives instructions to the user on how to take care of the item. And let’s say it’s a motor vehicle that uses a particular fuel, the manufacturer specifies ‘this’ and ‘not that’ fuel or it might bog down. I’ve gassed up my vehicle ignoring […]
Read more[This is a work in progress; incomplete in terms of the commentary we wish to add to the text from our 3 sources: Pentateuch and Haftorah, Everett Fox, Robert Alter. It is complete however in terms of the chapter-by-chapter translation of Everett Fox’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES.–Admin1] —————————– Leviticus/Waiqrah Leviticus/Wayyiqrah- Introduction – ‘And […]
Read more[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses] Leviticus/Wayyiqrah’ 11] 1 YHVH spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying to them: 2 Speak to the Children of Israel, saying to them: These are the living-creatures that you may eat, from all the domestic-animals that are upon the earth: 3 any one having a […]
Read more[This was originally posted in 2012. With the continuing interest in coconut oil and products from the coconut tree, we are reposting this 5 year-old article. Please read the three comments in the “readers’ response” at the bottom of the page; interestingly, this post caught the attention of enthusiasts/promoters of coconut oil and coconut products. […]
Read more[This was originally posted in 2013 and revisited during the autumn feasts commanded to Israel in Leviticus 23. While the article gives the ‘fall feasts’ as justification for reposting, we are fast approaching the spring festivals, “easter” in Christian reconfiguration, and passover in the original Exodus account. In the first two years of our pilgrimage, we were […]
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 in 2013. Since this chapter is a crucial one, we will quote in toto the commentary of our MUST READ/MUST OWN Pentateuch & Haftarahs, not only the Introduction but the comment for specific verses. Commentary is enclosed in [brackets]. Highlighting and reformatting have been added.—Admin1.] ———————- CHAPTER XIX. A MANUAL OF MORAL INSTRUCTION […]
Read more[This is a work in progress; incomplete in terms of the commentary we wish to add to the text from our 3 sources: Pentateuch and Haftorah, Everett Fox, Robert Alter. It is complete however in terms of the chapter-by-chapter translation of Everett Fox’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES.–Admin1] —————————– Leviticus/Waiqrah Leviticus/Wayyiqrah- Introduction – ‘And […]
Read more[First posted July 26, 2013. As the opening sentence of this article says: “Perhaps the greatest problem facing students of the Bible as literature is the fact that so much of the Bible is not literature at all.” We, like most readers, have struggled with chapter after chapter of this book as well […]
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