November 30, 2011
by Prof. Mordochai ben-Tziyyon, Universitah Ha’ivrit, Y’rushalayim Scriptural references in this article refer to the Hebrew Scriptures or T’nach and use the Hebrew names of the books. Almost all of the references cited are in the five books of Torah, which are conventionally named by their opening words, i.e. בְּרֵאשִׁית B’réshit, שְׁמוֹת Sh’mot, וַיִּקְרָא Vayikra, בְּמִדְבָּר B’midbar, דְּבָרִים D’varim – readers who are not […]
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November 29, 2011
by Prof. Mordochai ben-Tziyyon, Universitah Ha’ivrit, Y’rushalayim None of the prophets in the Scriptures ever foretold the coming of a “messiah”. But they did prophesy that one day God will give back to Yisraél what He took away from us in the year 586BCE: our Temple, our sovereignty and independence, and our Monarchy. There are numerous […]
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