YO! Can we help you? – July 2013

[Happy month of July!  Please read: Dear S6K Visitor

This started as an aid for searchers who land on our website because of the ‘search engine terms’ they enter.  Whether or not they intended to consciously seek Sinai 6000, we’ve noticed that some never came back, others ‘stayed’ and still, others ‘returned’ repeatedly and have become S6K habitues, to our delight!   

 

As Admin 1 who can observe the daily activity on this website, it was interesting to read daily entries which led to specific S6K posts; others did not find “A’s” to their specific “Q’s” yet they still lingered and seem to have found articles to read.  Knowing how our website format has not helped in crucial areas such as ‘where to find what’, I started a monthly ‘aid’ of sorts which also functioned as FYI for others who were not aware how much resource material is available for those—

  • in transition from one faith seeking another,
  • or simply curious but content to stay in their chosen religion.  

Thinking that titles might clue our daily searchers, I used familiar terms associated with each month, such as —-

 After six months of observing whether anyone was even clicking this monthly aid, I’ve decided to settle for one title which is now what you read up on the title page.  

 

You will be surprised how much you might learn from reading through these entries; since the ‘search terms’ from different web-wayfarers are actually interesting, if not eye-opening.  As Admin1, I’ve learned about stuff I never heard of before, such as ”torture” poem nikrat” or ”esemplastic” or “calmination in tagalog” or “nils detlefsen”.  What to do with such posts? Google them and whatever shows up, I redirect searcher—that is, if he/she bothers to return and check.

 

So we start yet another monthly aid for our July searchers; we hope our visitors click this post and read through as we add entries day after day.  Remember, we are a RESOURCE CENTER and we do post as much helpful information we have in our S6K library, short of reprinting whole books that we can’t help but share while  redirecting to other website links if we cannot provide A’s to searchers’ Qs.  Most recent first, oldest last.–Admin 1@S6K]
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7/30  “no religion is an island” – No Religion is an Island – Abraham Joshua Heschel
7/30  “sifra translation of leviticus online” – 
7/30  “insights from the book of esther” – Insights on the book of ESTHER

7/30  “gerald schroeder and re’shiyth” – Gerald L. Schroeder

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7/29  “yah hovah” – The correct pronunciation, supposedly, of the tetragrammaton YHWH is “yahuah” and not “Yahweh”. This searcher might be interested in the fact that another name “Jehovah” arose from some confusion regarding a practice done in synagogues where the reader would substitute “Adonai” whenever he sees the tetragrammaton, in the rabbi’s effort to avoid saying the name.  The vowels “a-o-a” from “Adonai” plus the consonants in the tetragrammaton were combined and “Yah-hovah” was the resulting combination; and when the letter “J”  became officially part of the English alphabet sometime in the 16-17 centuries, “Jehovah” became the preferred name.  S6K had a discussion with Benmara [of hearoyisrael.net] regarding such ‘perversions’ of the Name of the One True God and the consensus is this:  while we cannot read the mind of YHWH on such innocent mistakes or human ignorance, most likely He would not mind such variations on His Name as He would mind idolatry, seeking other non-gods to replace Him in the hearts and minds of worshippers content with man-made religions. Benmara explains that the reason he uses “J-dude” in his website is not so much to put down the man-god of a major world religion but because YHWH has commanded that no name of any other god be uttered by any of His chosen people, though people of “uncircumcised lips” say it all the time in the conclusion of their prayers.
7/29  “has 6,000 evil spirit mentioned in the bible?” – 1 Samuel 16:14-23 – “an evil spirit from God”?
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7/28  “ezra 8:28- being set apart to guard god’s treasures” – ויקרא Leviticus/Wa’iyqrah 21: The Set-Apart Tribe of Levi
7/28 “refuting drazin” – www.goodreads.com/author/show/1622608.Michael_Drazin‎;

Amazon.co.uk: Michael Drazin: Books

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  1. Their Hollow Inheritance: A Comprehensive Refutation of the New Testament and Its Missionaries by Michael Drazin (Hardcover – Jun 1990). 7 used from £ 
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7/27 “muslim prayer our father” –  AMEN – 2a – The Lord’s Prayer, Christian and Muslim Versions
7/27 “muslim version of the lord’s prayer” –  AMEN – 2a – The Lord’s Prayer, Christian and Muslim Versions
7/27 “messianic jews” – To our knowledge [and some of us were “messianic” before we returned to recognizing YHWH as the One True God], “messianic Judaism” is an offense to the Jews because it is Christian theology in Jewish clothes.
7/27 “esau the caveman” – Esau/Edom – A Second Look
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7/26 “www rashiyea my hot sitie net” – clueless what this is about.
7/26 “most common genre in book 1 in the psalms” – A Literary Approach to the PSALMS
7/26 “בראשית genesis שמות” – A Literary Approach to the book of Genesis/Bereshiyth
7/26  “refuting rabbi telushkin on genesis 25 21″ – Rabbi Joseph Telushkin: Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History,
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7/26 “wwjd in manila” – This is an interesting entry, what indeed would Jesus do in Manila?  Since Jesus was a Jew and observed Torah, he would have modeled the Torah lifestyle, gone to Shabbat services at the  synagogue at Makati [he would never have stepped in a Christian church that elevated him to ‘godship’ since he himself would have worshipped his true God, YHWH who gave Israel the Torah for all nations.  Now, if the searcher was looking for a WWJD article, here it is: WWJD? WWMD?
7/26  “схема цицит”  – clueless about this one.
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7/25  “hebrew word for uncircumcised in exodus 6:30” – Exodus/Shemoth 6-b: Do you have “uncircumcised lips”?
7/25  “6th commandment jewish understanding” – Q&A: The 6th Commandment from a Hebrew Perspective
7/25  “jesus and paul by tabor used abe book” – MUST READ: Paul and Jesus – 3
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7/24   “yjwj root word in syriac” – 
7/24  “population of nazareth when jesus was born” – Most likely we will never know what the population of Nazareth was at the birth of Jesus who was supposedly born in Bethlehem and not Nazareth; the gospels as we have reiterated here and backed up by historical data are not “history” but accounts written by anonymous authors, but the gospels were given apostolic names [except Mark] by those who put together the canon of the New Testament.  Please refer to articles here by Bart Erdman, New Testament scholar who has done extensive research on NT books:  :Bart D. Ehrman – Must Read: Misquoting Jesus
  • MUST READ: Forged by Bart D. Erdman
  • 7/24  “what does the tanach say” – about what?

    7/24  “can christians wear the sign for shema yisrael?” – It is our opinion that what was given to Israel for memory aid of Torah commandments is just useful to gentiles, provided we understand the purpose for the signs and symbols, and not turn them into something with ‘miraculous’ or ‘magical’ associations which we tend to do with ‘religious’ icons.  Here is a helpful post:  Signs and Symbols from the SHEMA

  • 7/24  “i feel my spirit in chaos and need my yhuh” – 
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7/23 – “why is god vengeful” – Is our God a “jealous, wrathful, and a vengeful God”?
7/23   “largest bible tablet in baguio for prayer warriors” – 
7/23  “insights from the book of esther” – Insights on the book of ESTHER
7/23   “kabanata 1-5 noli me tangere” – Guess who wrote this?
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7/22  “judaism oleynoo” – 
7/22  “retribution principle and wisdom literature” – Wisdom Books – 1,  Wisdom Books – 2 – Proverbs
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7/21 “paul and jesus how the apostle transformed christianity” – MUST READ: Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity
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3/20 “isaiah 14:12/tanahk” – Isaiah 14:12-15 is not about the Devil
3/20  “rev. william j. morford” – Mislanded!
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3/19/13  “their hollow inheritance” – Michael Drazin’s book, Their Hollow Inheritance

www.hebroots.org/hebrootsarchive/0311/0311l.html‎HHMI Newsgroup Archives. Anne,. Shalom! Before I discuss Michael Drazin’s book, let me make the following introduction: Sometimes this whole kind of 
3/19/13  “sacrificial lamb vs scapegoat” – Sacrificial goat, Scapegoat . . . what about the Lamb? Not on Yom Kippur.
3/19/13  “the jewish mystique van den haag/year first published” – MUST READ – The Jewish Mystique by Ernest Van Den Haag
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3/18/13 “which poet can be seen to hearken back to some principles of romantic poetry?” –  This searcher must have accidentally landed here and most likely realized he/she needed to check out literary websites.
3/18/13  “build me a sanctuary that i may dwell” Exodus/Shemoth 25 – “Make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.”
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3/17/13  “uncircumcised lips” – Exodus/Shemoth 6-b: Do you have “uncircumcised lips”?
3/17/13  “catholic interpretation of genesis 3:15” – Prooftext 1a – Genesis 3:15 – Who is the “woman”?
3/17/13  “the+truth+of+the+story+of+esther” – Insights on the book of ESTHER
3/17/13  “why does the tanakh say g-d” –  Correction: The TNK in the original does not say “g-d” — the Jewish websites, except for hearoyisrael.net [HOY] avoid using the Name “YHWH” so the writers/rabbis substitute either “HaShem” [the Name] or “G-D” or “L-RD”.  HOY not only does not hesitate writing YHWH, but goes further by printing it in the oriignal Hebrew alphabet.  The downloadable-for-free translation of the TNK where the Name in Hebrew is printed is called His Name Tanakh [HNT].
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7/15/13  “the+sacrificial+goat+and+the+scapegoat” –  Sacrificial goat, Scapegoat . . . what about the Lamb? Not on Yom Kippur.
7/15/13 “rav sacks rosh hashana” – Thoughts on Rosh Hashana from Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks
7/15/13 “is god merciful or vengeful” – “Angry, vengeful God” of OT vs. “Merciful loving God” of NT
7/15/13 – “what tribe was servant kaleb from” – My servant Caleb – a different spirit
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7/14/13  “sermon from sinai” – The Sermon on Sinai vs. The Sermon on the Mount
7/14/13  “hugh fraser and the jews” –  Still working on this search term.
7/14/13 “christians observe yom kippur” – How now do we observe Yom Kippur – 3
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7/13/13 “new testament yhwh” – If this searcher is asking is there a NT “YHWH” — well, NT has a “trinitarian’ Godhead and Christians think the “Father” in that Trinity is YHWH.  So here’s an article that explains the difference between the NT God and the God of Israel, Giver of the Torah:  Q&A: “Father” in the Trinity – “the Old Testament God” – the same?
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7/12/13 “why isn’t dimyon a sefirah” – Can’t help this searcher for now . . .
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7/11/13 “abraham joshua heschel every day i will strive to meet out evil” – No Religion is an Island – Abraham Joshua Heschel
7/10/13 “deer panteth the water pic”- “Soul Thirst” – Art by AHV@S6K
7/10/13  “abraham in keriath” – 
7/10/13   “is god vengeful or loving” – Is our God a “jealous, wrathful, and a vengeful God”?
7/10/13   “why did moses refer to himself as uncircumcised” –  Moses referred to himself as a man with “uncircumcised lips”, but not as “uncircumcised” since all Hebrew sons would have been subjected to circumcision which was the covenant sign with Abraham and his progeny, which would include Jacob and everyone else down the line of Israel.
7/10/13   “moses uncircumcised lips explanation” – Exodus/Shemoth 6-b: Do you have “uncircumcised lips”?
7/10/13   “the jewish mystique van den haag” – – Ernest Van Den Haag/MUST READ – The Jewish Mystique 
7/9/13 “god is not vengeful” – Is our God a “jealous, wrathful, and a vengeful God”?
7/8/13  “bart eerdman” – Bart D. Ehrman – Must Read: Misquoting Jesus
7/7/13  “asenath+kitchen+hoffmeier”- 
7/7/13  “journey with jesus one man’s spiritual odyssey”- One Man’s Spiritual Odyssey
7/7/13  “karaite”- Ever heard of KARAISM?
7/5/13   “power new testament”+”recommended” – www.ThePowerNewTestament.com.  
This is one of the first books that introduced me to the problems not normally evident in New Testament translations, that is — there were many additions to original text and if you read Translator’s Notes which most bible students bypass, these additions are indicated by either parentheses or are italicized; that much, some bible teachers do point out.  However, the Power New Testament compiler William J. Morford, took it upon himself to remove all those additions, period! On top of that, he endeavored to “reveal” the Jewish roots of this 2nd part of the Christian Bible by adding short notes/commentary to make readers aware that the NT is still a very “Jewish” book.   To quote from its back cover text:

 

The Power New Testament is a fresh translation of the Fourth Edition United Bible Society Greek Text, bringing out power in the Greek language that is frequently overlooked.  It also translates Hebrew idioms that are commonly missed and explains Jewish customs. . . Reverend William J. Morford is President of the Shalom Ministries.  He and wife Jeanie, have been ordained in the prophetic by Christian International of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.  they travel, teaching on the Church’s Jewish roots and the prophetic.
7/4/13 “why karaite?” – Ever heard of KARAISM?
7/3/13 “rabbi m. younger” – One of our favorite resource persons for Q&A, please click the uppermost heading; you will read many of his As to our Qs all listed there, sample:  Ask the Rabbi/Teacher
7/1/13 “how are the old testament and new testament related to one another from a literary perspective” – A Literary Perspective on the Biblical ‘Canon’
7/1/13 “Ernest van den haag personal life” – Ernest Van Den Haag/MUST READ – The Jewish Mystique 

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