[Originally posted in 2013. This is from THE LITERARY GUIDE TO THE BIBLE which we have featured in similar articles that focus on the different literary genres found in the “Old Testament” or as we acknowledge it in its original, the Hebrew Bible or the Tanach/Tanakh. Other posts from this same MUST READ resource are: Wisdom Books […]
[Originally posted in 2013. This is from THE LITERARY GUIDE TO THE BIBLE which we have featured in similar articles that focus on the different literary genres found in the “Old Testament” or as we acknowledge it in its original, the Hebrew Bible or the Tanach/Tanakh. Other posts from this same MUST READ resource are: Wisdom Books […]
Read more[Originally posted in 2013. This is from THE LITERARY GUIDE TO THE BIBLE which we have featured in similar articles that focus on the different literary genres found in the “Old Testament” or as we acknowledge it in its original, the Hebrew Bible or the Tanach/Tanakh. Other posts from this same MUST READ resource are: Wisdom Books […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, intended to counter the claim that this psalm is one of many ‘prooftexts’ in the Christian Old Testament– that Jesus is the “son” being referred to here [Read: —Discourse: Christian Elder to Sinaite – 10] Sorry to disappoint., but this is about correcting wrong translation which leads exactly to wrong interpretation […]
Read more[First posted in 2014. Here is the original Introduction: The translation used here is a composite of various translations, though the main text is from The Complete Tanach by Rabbi A.J. Rosenberg, courtesy of Chabad.org. For the Book of Iyov/Job specifically, we choose to use “sons of God” instead of ‘”angels” or the Hebrew ‘malakim’, […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. The original title was: “Who is the Shepherd in Tanach?” and then it was changed to “Who is your Shepherd?” Does the current title reflect what this post is about? We have updated the message —please read the Postscript for the update. —Admin1.] ———————————- The shepherd is one of the endearing metaphors that […]
Read more[On March 22, Jewry celebrate Purim, a feast not originally included in the seven “My Feasts” commanded by the God of Israel as recorded in Leviticus 23. It commemorates an event that occurred much later than the 40-years wandering of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai as narrated in the Five Books of Moses known as […]
Read more[First posted in 2013; reposted on the occasion of the Jewish celebration of PURIM which falls this year, 2019 on Wednesday, March 20.—Admin1] The events recorded in Esther took place primarily in Shushan, the capital of King Ahasueraus‘ empire. Shushan, is the Hebrew form of the name Susa, which is in the area known as Eilam, in what is […]
Read more[First posted in 2014. Here is the original Introduction: The translation used here is a composite of various translations, though the main text is from The Complete Tanach by Rabbi A.J. Rosenberg, courtesy of Chabad.org. For the Book of Iyov/Job specifically, we choose to use “sons of God” instead of ‘”angels” or the Hebrew ‘malakim’, […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, reposted 2017, time for another repost. The original title was: “Who is the Shepherd in Tanach?”and then was changed to “Who is your Shepherd?” Does the current title reflect what this post is about? We have updated the message —please read the Postscript for the update. —Admin1.] ———————————- […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, reposted 2017, time for another repost. The original title was: “Who is the Shepherd in Tanach?”and then was changed to “Who is your Shepherd?” Does the current title reflect what this post is about? We have updated the message —please read the Postscript for the update. —Admin1.] ———————————- […]
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