Aug 23, 2024
The twenty-ninth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Lk 15:8-10. As a result of having compared the notes of various commentaries, the last verse here is slightly different from the one currently in The Exhortations; I will update it in the next edition. The...
Aug 9, 2024
I occasionally get asked why there are no miracles mentioned in the Sefer Yeshua. The simplest answer is that I wanted Yeshua’s own words to justify themselves, without distractions. If you could read a ‘red letter’ edition of the Sefer Yeshua, you would see that the...
Jul 8, 2024
The twenty-eighth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Lk 15:11-32. The scholars of the ‘Jesus Seminar’ voted it as category pink – that is, that Yeshua probably said something like this, but the scholars had some reservations. 28. 1There was a Zealot who...
Jul 8, 2024
Tonight, being the start of the Fourth-month, we begin the 3-day countdown to Theophany Day (9th-10th July 2024). Theophany Day is when we celebrate and remember the manifestation of God’s Glory on Mt Horeb in the presence of all the Israelites, and the Giving of the...
Jun 13, 2024
Shalom everyone, Most of the laws of biblical Shavuot – that is, the Festival of First-Fruits – only really apply to produce grown or animals raised in the Holy Land. This may be why, as a festival, it has fallen from relevance for those of us who do not live in the...
Jun 12, 2024
Shalom my sisters and brothers, For those of us preparing to celebrate biblical Shavuot on Sunday, I just wanted to say a little about food – Jewish festivals inevitably have some food connection, because they are a celebration of the bounty that Adonai provides for...
