Support Team Study – Royal Attire 2: The Karaite-Rabbanite Schism

In this Support Team Study, Royal Attire 2: The Karaite-Rabbanite Schism, Nehemia continues talking about an 18th century Karaite letter to the king of Sweden with Dr. Gabriel Wasserman. They discuss theories about how the Torah was restored from Egypt when all the copies in Israel were destroyed by the Greeks, how a rogue rabbi invented the Oral Law when the Sages were wiped out, and how Karaites differ from the Sadducees.

Hebrew Voices #151 – Royal Attire 1: Lost Tribes and Magical Names

In this episode of Hebrew Voices #151, Royal Attire 1: Lost Tribes and Magical Names, Nehemia talks about an 18th century Karaite letter to the king of Sweden with Dr. Gabriel Wasserman. They discuss how the Jewish concept of “peoplehood” contrasts with modern ethnic nationalism, how tax persecution led European Karaites to deny their Jewish heritage, and the theory that Karaites are the Ten Lost Tribes.