In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Nehemia Gordon discovers the Palestinian bicycle refugees of Norway. During some free time after a speaking event in Stavanger, Norway he went searching for the hordes of Syrian and Afghani refugees fleeing from war and persecution. Instead he found Palestinians from Lebanon who rode into Norway hoping for a life of peace and dignity after being treated as second-class citizens for three generations in Lebanon.
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In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Enoch Walking with Angels, Nehemia Gordon meets with Dr. Miryam Brand to discuss 1 Enoch, which is part of the Jewish "Pseudepigrapha" from the Second Temple period. Gordon and Brand discuss how Enoch’s marginal (albeit fascinating) mention in the Tanakh has resulted in a body of literature and lore about his life and its unusual “end.”
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Over the last eight months, we broadcasted 30 episodes of Hebrew Voices that were downloaded over 1.4 million times. Find out the story behind some of the interviews you heard, what is coming next, and how you can be part of the conversation.
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In this episode of Hebrew Voices, The Renewed Sanhedrin, Nehemia Gordon chats with Professor Hillel Weiss, official spokesperson for the Jerusalem Sanhedrin. Their conversation is recorded near David’s tomb—the strategic meeting place of this Sanhedrin. They begin with an historical overview of the Sanhedrin from each of their own perspectives as well as the perspectives of others.
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This week's episode of Hebrew Voices, Proclaiming a Leap Year of Faith, was recorded live on the Aviv Search in 2016. We take you to the very place of the proclamation in the barley fields of Israel. Walk with us through the process as we uncover God's appointed times according to the calendar hard-wired into Creation!
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In this Support Team Study, Aviv Barley and the Spirit of Constantine, Bible Scholar Nehemia Gordon shows how the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD led to a change in the observance of the Biblical Calendar for both Jews and Christians. He also includes his educated guess as to when Passover will fall out this year based on the Aviv-New Moon calendar.
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In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Holy City Soccer, Nehemia Gordon attends a “football match” between Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Beitar Jerusalem. Between the cheers of goals and shots on net, Gordon chats with Ari Louis, an Israeli sports blogger. Louis starts off explaining about the teams, their strategies, and soccer fans in Israel, but the conversation quickly turned spiritual.
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In this episode of Hebrew Voices #8 – Prophets, Priests, and Preachers, Nehemia continues a conversation with Anthony Garcia on the bank of the Jordan River. Garcia reads verses from the New Testament about the baptism of Yeshua, which is believed to have taken place a few feet away from where this episode was recorded. Verses in the Tanakh possibly related to Yeshua's baptism are discussed and we learn about Adoptionists—early followers of Yeshua who considered his baptism a turning point in his life and ministry. Gordon discusses the forbidden altar built along the Jordan by two and half tribes, and how an echo of the nine and half tribes’ displeasure (“What have you to do with the Lord God of Israel?”) can still be heard today. In closing, Gordon declares the words of Scripture to be a testimony that those joined to the God of Israel do have a portion with his people and with his Torah.
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In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Orthodox Jew Who Sights the New Moon, Nehemia Gordon delves deep into Rosh Chodesh with Dr. Roy Hoffman, founder of the Israeli New Moon Society. From Moses, to Hillel the Younger, to Maimonides, Hoffman explains Orthodox perspectives related to sightings of the new moon. Hoffman also introduces LunaCal, a free software application he developed to calculate when and where the new moon is most lightly to be visible.
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This morning I was peacefully walking on the Temple Mount with a born-again Danish Christian lady named "Jerusalem Jane." And then we got ambushed! Islamic guards masquerading as Jordanian Police surrounded us! The confrontation became an international incident. And we caught it on video. In this episode of Hebrew Voices, I go behind the scenes with Jerusalem Jane to talk about what really happened.
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