Truth in Mikra

Tag: #Hebrew

  • Another look at science and Genesis

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    I think we have talked before about science and Genesis but I wanted to have anothe discussion on this topic.Today I want to go into big picture thinking and I think where people get caught up in the Bible vs science debate is excessive attention to detail ,often details unproved also.Today I want and overview…

  • So how should the Bible be read?

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    People like me are often called Biblical literalists and I am and I don’t mind being called that way. What does that mean really, people ask?No one thinks you believe the Bible without some metaphor or poetry at all,no one see’s it that way.So how should a truly saved person read the Bible with 66…

  • Thoughts on Zechariah

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    So just who was Zechariah?His name Z’kharyah/זְכַרְיָה֙ son of Berekhyah and the grandson of Ido and he lived about just after the fall of Jerusalem which was about 587 or 586 BCE.The name Zekharyah means “the Lord remembered” and he is part of the 12 minor prophets in some traditions.Although his book is small ,his prophecies…

  • Is Jesus in the Zohar?

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    So first of all what is the Zohar? The Zohar is a Jewish sacred text first discovered in Medieval Spain by Moses De Leon in the late 13th century and the Zohar  זֹהַר meaning radiance or splendor and was written in Jewish Aramaic and is the basis of modern Kabbalah.The true believers believe it was…

  • What about reading books excluded from the Bible?

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    The Hoosac historian

    Then you are asking the wrong question,you want to ask ,”which books excluded from the Bible are ok to read”? Although the Jewish cannon with the exception of smaller traditions ,the mainline Orthodox Jewish canon is uniform.The Christian Canon varies a bit more.The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches have book in the old Testament…

  • And who is Yishmael and his 12 kingdoms?

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    The Hoosac historian

    Sarai the wife of Avram was unable to bear children ,so here in Gen 16:3-15 (Tree of Life) “ 3 So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took her slave-girl Hagar the Egyptian—after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan—and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 4 Then he went to Hagar and she became…

  • Is Yeshayahu/Isaiah 52-53 about Jesus?

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    The Hoosac historian

    Tree of Life Version (TLV) Isaiah 52 (Tree of Life Version) Ma Navu: The Song of Salvation 52 Awake, awake!Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion!Clothe yourself in beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city,for the uncircumcised and the unclean    will never invade you again.2 Shake off the dust and arise!Be enthroned, Jerusalem.Loose the bonds off your neck,    captive Daughter of Zion.…

  • בראשית B’reishit/Genesis 1 and what is true and what false!

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    The Hoosac historian

    How should Genesis 1 be understood and I will argue that it should be viewed a literally as possible.Let us start with the basics and the Greek word Genesis which means beginings as does the Hebrew word b’reishit mean literally “from the head” but in practical terms also means beginnings as well.Now let us look…

  • The other side (what is evil)

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    We will discuss the concepts of evil however I will not try to get inside the minds of evil but explain it’s scriptural meanings.The question asked by many of why does an all powerful and benevolent God allow evil to exist.I do history,etymology and factual things and am not a theologian or a spirtual leader…

  • A look at the compelling Psalm 82

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    The Hoosac historian

    What is a psalm anyway ,in Hebrew the word T’hilim the name of the book of Psalms, which means praises or sometimes the word mizmor meaning a song sung in a chorus.The word psalm itself comes from Greek psalmos meaning to pluck so meaning a song sung to a lyre or harp.So a psalm is…