by Shmuel Parzal | Dec 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
This is the final part 3 of a 3-part series on the Essenes, comparing their teachings and beliefs with those of Yeshua: Part 1: Were Yeshua and Yaakov Essenes? A Comparison of their Similarities Part 2: The Shocking Similarities between Paul’s teachings and Essene...
by Shmuel Parzal | Dec 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
This is part 2 of a 3-part series on the Essenes, comparing their teachings and beliefs with those of Yeshua: Part 1: Were Yeshua and Yaakov Essenes? A Comparison of their Similarities Part 2: The Shocking Similarities between Paul’s teachings and Essene beliefs Part...
by Shmuel Parzal | Dec 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
This is part 1 of a 3-part series on the Essenes, comparing their teachings and beliefs with those of Yeshua. Throughout this set of 3 articles, I have used ChatGPT. It would have taken me far too long to research through the entire corpus of Qumran literature myself...
by Shmuel Parzal | Dec 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
This is a follow-up article to a previous article, where I defined the biblical difference between Apocalypse and Tribulation. To summarise, an apocalypse is a literal end of the world, with a cessation of the present cosmological order, to be completely replaced by a...
by Shmuel Parzal | Dec 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Shalom everyone, On ancient Jewish tombstones in Aramaic, in Yeshua’s time, a common refrain carved on them was, dakir hu le-tab, ‘May he be remembered for good’, or dekirah hi le-tab, ‘May she be remembered for good’. This was an ancient way of saying, ‘May the act...
