Truth in Mikra

Tag: faith

  • A look at the Word of Faith movement

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    So what is then the “Word of faith movement”? The basic answer is that it is a Pentecostal Christian based theology with heavier emphasis on reciting scripture out loud and also believing by blind faith ahead of time that you have already received what you have prayed for. For instance this from Mark 11:22-24 would…

  • Section 3 Late Biblical Hebrew and Mishnaic Hebrew

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    What is late Biblical Hebrew ? In general it is the post exilic style found in the mid 500’s bce and forward. This is third evolution in Hebrew itself as I show down below. Pre Biblical Hebrew- from the Patriarchs to about the Judges era 1800 bce to just later than about 1100 bce using…

  • Section 2 Analysis of Early Biblical Hebrew

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    Before I formally begin the article I want to give you a pronunciation guide if you do not know the nikud (vowel points in diacritics). A- A as in father ‘ The apostrophe is the quickest e that is almost silent. E- E as in pet. Ei- E as in they or A as in…

  • The Talmud and the Gospel accounts

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    Does the Talmud back up the New Testament on the account of the trial and execution of Jesus the Son of God. People often argue that there is not much evidence outside the New Testament itself backing up the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Natzerat. Josephus and Tacitus talk about the life and…

  • Table of nations hypotheses

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    This article is a follow up to my article on the historicity of the Tower of Babel. This is to further elaborate on some of the things discussed in the other article. I will by no means try to make exact connections from Biblical patriarchs to modern nations. We all know history and that city…

  • Historicity of the Tower of Babel section II

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    We won’t discuss language anymore because I feel it’s clear there is a single language source,so now to talk about why there was a language catastrophe in Sumer/Kengir at the Tower of Babel/Bavel. The common word for tower in ancient Sumer/Kengir is ziggurat as opposed to migdal (Heb. tower) but the word ziggurat is not…

  • The Historicity of the Tower of Babel Section I

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    Is there proof the Tower of Babel account a true account historically ? I will explore this in this article. Here is Genesis chapter 11 וַיְהִ֥י כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ שָׂפָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּדְבָרִ֖ים אֲחָדִֽים: And it was that the earth was of one language and words were uniform. יְהִ֖י בְּנָסְעָ֣ם מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיִּמְצְא֥וּ בִקְעָ֛ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם: And…

  • Hebrew for Christians

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    So maybe Hebrew for Christians is not the right title for this chapter for anyone can read the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible. Maybe “New Testament relevant Hebrew would be better. So for the Obvious here is Jesus and of course Jesus is an Anglicization of the Greek word word Jesus. The original name was…

  • About deliverance

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    What is the truth about deliverance ministries and what does it mean. Is “name it and claim” it really true? This has become very controversial in modern Christianity with some people radically both supporting and opposing things like deliverance ministries and the prosperity Gospel. So what does scripture say on this matter and let us…

  • Section 7 The Lesson לקח

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    Four entered the orchard: Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Acher (i.e., Elisha ben Avuya), and Rabbi Akiva. One looked and died. One looked and was harmed. One looked and cut down the trees. And one went up in peace and went down in peace. Ben Azzai looked and died. Scripture says about him (Ps. 116:15): “Precious…