Truth in Mikra

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  • A brief and simple history of Hebrew linguistics

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    Chapter 1 What is Hebrew and where did it come from 1. First I want to start with a vowel pronunciation code ,now it is true that Hebrew vowels are written in what are called nikud which are dots under the letters and we will thoroughly go over those.However due to the fact that computer…

  • Jesus and the Pharisees and what does it mean ?

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    So first let us ask who were the Pharisees? The word comes from the Hebrew word P’rushim פְּרוּשִׁים meaning separated ones or that is pious ones more broadly.Most likely coming from the word parash which can mean to apportion in some cases.They were the most prominent group in Jewish thought in second Temple times 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 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…

  • Section 4 Vayikra (Leviticus) ויקרא

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    Now we are in the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus) Vayikra: Verse 29ד”א בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי, דָּא גַּן עֵדֶן דִּלְעֵילָּא. אֲחוֹתִי כַלָּה, דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּבְהַהוּא יוֹמָא אִזְדַּוְּוגוּ זִוּוּגִין בְּכֹלָּא, אִזְדַּוְּוגוּ זִוּוּגִין בְּהַהוּא גַּן עֵדֶן, בְּגִין דְּאִתְבָּרְכוּ כֻּלְּהוּ מִשַּׁקְיוּ דְּנַחֲלָא, וְאִתְקַשָּׁרוּ כָּל חַד בְּחַבְרֵיהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם בְּשָׂמִי אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי…

  • Dear readers

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    I am working on a book continuing the work I have been doing on Jesus and how he and his identity relates to Jewish mystical literature and I will be releasing chapters over a period of time as it evolves.I’m still not sure on how to publish because I have never written a book but…

  • What does Proverbs 1:27 really mean?

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    Let’s talk about Proverbs/Mishlei chapter 1 verse 27. Here it is in the original masoretic text . כז בְּבֹ֤א כְשֹׁאָ֨וה כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם וְֽ֖אֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּבֹ֥א עֲ֜לֵיכֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְצוּקָֽה:(27) Here I will give my best translation and then I will publish some English translations. And your terror comes like a storm and your misfortune like a…

  • Contradictions

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    Oct 10, 2023 — by The Hoosac historian What about contradictions and ambiguity in meaning and intertextual contradictions.I was watching something about the Dead Sea scrolls and Psalm 22 today and the debate on what Psalm 22:17 in the Hebrew text or 16 in most English translations say.Does it describe a lion attack or does…

  • On Daniel 2, The four Kingdoms

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    Sep 15, 2023 — by The Hoosac historian Most secular historians don’t really deny 1,2,3 are Babylon,Persia,Alexandian Greece/Seleucid Greece but more argue Daniel was composed in about 165 BCE after they fell.Of coarse I am of the belief that Daniel was a contemporary of Nebuchanezzar /Nevukhadnetzar(Heb.).In Babylonian Cuneiform he was known as Nebu-Kuduri-Usur II ,(605-562…

  • On Psalm 22:13

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    So this blog post will be on Psalm 22:13 (verse 12 in KJV & ESV) and you may ask what does it concern history.It concerns Golan Heights and the Six Day War or in general Golan Heights and it’s significance in history and it’s Biblical prediction. סְבָבוּנִי פָּרִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים אַבִּירֵ֖י בָשָׁ֣ן כִּתְּרֽוּנִי: Here is the…