by Shmuel Parzal | Mar 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, We are so used to the story of the Exodus, that there are some very obvious questions we no longer think about. A while back, a good friend wrote and asked me: … since God, being omniscient, knew that the presence of the Hebrews in Egypt would lead to...
by Shmuel Parzal | Feb 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, Last year, I received several questions about ghosts, and why a Yahwist is forbidden to summon or speak to the dead. From what I recall, the questions were prompted by seeing people on TV – mediums – who claimed to be able to speak to the spirits of...
by Shmuel Parzal | Feb 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, During the 1990s, when I was doing research for The Exhortations, a few people wanted me to include the Book of Enoch. However, after having fully read its contents from cover to cover, digested its beliefs, and researched its origins, I ended up...
by Shmuel Parzal | Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Modern Misconceptions about ancient Jewish denominations Because most modern people formally belong to one sect, church or denomination, most Christians think that Yeshua must have belonged to one of the 4 sects mentioned by Josephus: either an Essene, a...
by Shmuel Parzal | Oct 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Redefining the Kingdom In Yeshua’s day, the Aramaic word malkhuthā had many of the same negative connotations as the English word ‘kingdom’ has now. Did he seek to replace it with something else? Like qārivūthā קָרִיבוּתָא (kinship), or ʽiddath qyāmā עידת קימא...
