Truth in Mikra

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  • Translations part II

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    Now let us look at the Amplified Bible Same Corinithians 15 quote from the ESV I quoted 3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold], 4 and that He was buried, and that He was [bodily] raised on…

  • The obvious and hidden of Habakkuk

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    So who was Habakkuk or Chavakuk חֲבַקּ֖וּק which means to hug or embrace Not much is known about him and only that he may have lived just before the Babylonian exile,around the late 7th century BCE.He is considered one of the 12 minor prophets of Tanakh or the Old Testament.So let us jump in and…

  • Was and is Hebrew the original language of creation ?

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    First let me say that yes Hebrew is the Holy tongue because on Mt Sinai God gave his first revelation to humankind in the Torah.The Torah is the earliest part of the also called the 5 books of Moses or the Chumash (meaning of 5) The Torah consists of Genesis,Exodus,Leviticus,Numbers and Deuteronomy.So yes Hebrew is…

  • Random thoughts

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    This will be a fun article because I could not find a subject so here are some random facts Hebrew calendar which is a lunar calendar with occasional leap months The first number is the Religious order and the second number is the civil number 7-1 Tishrei תשרי 8-2 Marcheshvan מרחשון 9-3 Kisleiv כסלו 10-4…

  • Was 666 of Revelation about Nero ?

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    In short no and to the preterist is is not a popular viewpoint.You may ask what is a preterist,a preterist is a person who believes all Biblical prophecy has already occured.it is common in Catholicism and some liberal protestants groups.So the notion that 666, the number of the beast of the book of Revelations was…

  • What was the original name for Jesus?

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    So what did people mainly his disciple’s call him? And we know Jesus is a Greek or Latin derivative and I do not know anything about Greek or Latin so we will focus on the Hebrew and Aramaic but think the Greek Iēsous and the Latin is Iesus. I will not call the Greek or…

  • Is John 8:1-11 Authentic

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    The NIV 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said…

  • Was Arphaxad the first Ubaid ?

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    Here are two questions, Was Arphaxad the first Ubaid and did the word Sumer from from the Shem in the Bible? We will discuss the matter today So who was Arphaxad, his name was Arpakhshad אַרְפַּכְשַׁד and he was a son of Shem from the book of Genesis. He had a son, Shelah which means…

  • Oldest Torah text writers II

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    Let us put to bed with evidence the theory of a late writing of the Pentateuch in part II.We ended part 1 with Deuteronomy and we will begin 2 with Deuteronomy. For more in depth on this you can find many articles on this subject with a google search on the title.In 2021 they found…

  • Part 3. The vowels (nikud) נקוד

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    We will cover the nikud/nikudot in a simple manor and in modern terms but also try to address Bible era pronunciation also.Especially for people interested in Tanakh or the old testament ,Biblical vowels can be different and different pronunciation also.For instance in modern Hebrew Lie or false is sheker but in the Bible it’s shaker…