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  • 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…

  • On the ancient origin of Biblical Hebrew Section 1

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    So what is the history of Hebrew linguistics? Not a large amount is known about early Hebrew but it is a Northwest Semitic language from the larger Afroasiatic language family. Modern historians consider Hebrew a subdivision of Proto Canaanite languages. If we go by the Bible it indicates that Avraham (Abraham) came from the Sumerian…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Section 6 D’varim (Deuteronomy) דברים

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    Vaetchanan chapter 1 verse 1 Vaetchanan: Verse 1וָאֶתְחַנַּן אֶל יְיָ’ בָּעֵת הַהִיא לֵאמֺר. אֲדֺנָ”י יֱדֺוִ”ד אַתָּה הַחִלּוֹתָ לְהַרְאוֹת אֶת עַבְדְּךָ וְגוֹ.’ ר’ יוֹסֵי פָּתַח, וַיַּסֵּב חִזְקִיָּהוּ פָּנָיו אֶל הַקִּיר וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֶל יְיָ.’ ת”ח, כַּמָּה הוּא חֵילָא תַּקִּיפָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְכַמָּה הוּא עִלָּאָה עַל כֺּלָּא. דְּכָל מַאן דְּאִשְׁתְּדַּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, לָא דָּחִיל מֵעִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי. וְלָא דָּחִיל מֵעִרְעוּרִין בִּישִׁין…

  • Section 5 B’midbar (Numbers) במדבר

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    So we find ourselves in B’midbar chapter 4 verse 39 Bemidbar: Verse 39פָּתַח וְאָמַר, יְיָ’ אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי מִמִּי אִירָא וְגוֹ.’ יְיָ’ אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי, כֵּיוָן דְּבַר נָשׁ אִסְתָּכַּל בִּנְהוֹרָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַנְהִיר עָלֵיהּ, לָא דָּחִיל מֵעִלָאִין וְתַתָּאִין. כד”א, וְעָלַיִךְ יִזְרַח יְיָ’ וּכְבוֹדוֹ עָלַיִךְ יֵרָאֶה. יְיָ’ מָעוֹז חַיֵּי, כֵּיוָן דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָחִיד בֵּיהּ בְּבַר…