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...

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...

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...

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...

Shalom everyone, Around Britain, there are recreations of villages from different time-periods in ancient British history. There is one famous one called Butser Farm, which began life as an Iron Age farm, recreating life from about 2,500 years ago. The aim of these...

I was recently asked to explain what was distinctive about Massorite Talmidaism, in comparison to Ebionism. As for what a Massorite is, it would be too simplistic to say that we are just ‘Karaites who follow Yeshua as a prophet’, because it’s not as clear-cut as that,...

To read a condensed version of this article, click here. Shalom everyone, I have put together this article mostly as a reference article for enquirers. It focuses on defining our Massorite Talmidi views regarding the person of the messiah. As you know, our community...

To read the longer and more complete version of this article, click here. Shalom everyone, I have put together this article mostly as a reference article for enquirers. It focuses on defining our Massorite Talmidi views regarding the person of the messiah. As you...

Shalom everyone, Before I begin, first a little about my own ethnic background. I was born in Sri Lanka – the non-Asian side of my family have been there for about 500 years. In addition to my Jewish ancestors, I also have ancestors from various countries in South,...

Shalom everyone, This article was mostly written in response to the unsubstantiated claim that the Jewish Followers of the prophet Yeshua were always called Ebionites, right from the very beginning, and that Ebionites were the only legitimate ‘Jewish-Christian’ (that...