Problems with the ‘Book of Enoch’

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...

Was Yeshua a Pharisee?

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...

The Four meanings of ‘The Kingdom of God’

Introduction Biblical Hebrew and ancient Jewish Aramaic had a small vocabulary compared to modern languages, and so one word often had to cover several meanings, when in English, for example, we would use different words in each case. Such a word is the Aramaic...

Leaving Yeshua behind, in order to become a disciple of Yeshua

Introduction I felt I had to write this article, because there are a growing number of people out there saying that, since the historical, ancient Ebionites believed this and that about Yeshua – that Yeshua was ‘the messiah’ and ‘the son of God’ – therefore, that’s...

The Proper Use and Purpose of Torah: A Message for Yom Tru’ah

Shalom everyone, In the Talmidi and Karaite communities, Yom Truah is our Simchat Torah – Rejoicing in God’s Torah. Whenever we come to discuss Torah, our community’s history inevitably means that we have to address the elephant in the room. What Torah is not Through...