In this new episode of Hebrew Voices #177, Palestine Prophecy: Part 2, Nehemia and Lynell continue their Bible study about the prophecy of Zechariah 9:1-8 and its potential relevance to today. They discuss the locations mentioned in the prophecies, the far-reaching influence of ancient Canaanite colonialism, and the origin & identity of the Philistines.
In this new episode of Hebrew Voices #176, Palestine Prophecy: Part 1, Nehemia and Lynell delve into Bible prophecy and its potential relevance to the war in Israel and the Tanakh view of the end times. They start off by laying the background of Zechariah 9:1-8, including the Four Fasts, the restoration of Jerusalem, and the different types of prophecy found in Scripture.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #168- “Israelite Archaeology at the Israel Museum,” Nehemia takes us on a tour tracing archaeological history from ancient Israel all the way through the Roman Exile. Pieces include the oldest surviving texts of the Hebrew Bible, the earliest surviving inscription of Jerusalem, and depictions of the Assyrians besieging the Northern Israelites.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #155, Meet the Samaritans!, Nehemia sits down with a real-life Samaritan scholar to discuss the origins of this ancient community, the religious significance of Mount Gerizim, and how an emergency Samaritan Torah crisis required the intervention of the Kingdom of Jordan and the President of Israel.
In this Support Team Study, Looking Under the Hood of a Torah Scroll: Part 4, Nehemia and research assistant Nelson Calvillo continue a series on the oldest (nearly) complete surviving Torah. They unpack Nehemia’s lecture at the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem presented to the top scholars in the field of Biblical Studies. In part 4, they discuss anomalies in the way scribes corrected this manuscript, the struggles scribes face when copying from one manuscript to another, and even an example of God’s name being erased!
In this Support Team Study, Looking Under the Hood of a Torah Scroll: Part 3, Nehemia and research assistant Nelson Calvillo continue a series on the oldest (nearly) complete surviving Torah. They unpack Nehemia’s lecture at the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem presented to the top scholars in the field of Biblical Studies. In part 3, they discuss the beautiful traditional layout of the Song of the Sea, the tradition of dots dating back to second temple times, and a secret phrase encoded in most Torah scrolls by Jewish scribes.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Looking Under the Hood of a Torah Scroll: Part 2, Nehemia and research assistant Nelson Calvillo launch a series on the oldest (nearly) complete surviving Torah. They unpack Nehemia’s lecture at the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem presented to the top scholars in the field of Biblical Studies. In part 2, they discuss the spaces dividing the text, their origins dating back to ancient times, and how the manuscript reflects two separate traditions regarding those divisions.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Looking Under the Hood of a Torah Scroll: Part 1, Nehemia and research assistant Nelson Calvillo launch a series on the oldest (nearly) complete surviving Torah. They unpack Nehemia’s lecture at the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem presented to the top scholars in the field of Biblical Studies. In part 1, they discuss the background of the scroll and its significance, the ways in which it’s been damaged and preserved, and the marks and lines the scribes used to write it.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Michael Oren on Trump's Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital, Nehemia Gordon shares an exclusive interview with Michael Oren, a Deputy Minister in the government of Israel and the greatest living historian to have written on Israel. Oren explains the true significance of President Trump's declaration last week recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, how this has put an end to decades of antisemitic humiliation, and how it opens the possibility for true peace with the Arabs. Nehemia also shares his prayer for Jerusalem. Continue reading