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Dowd wrote:Hi Yada, I am posting the thread of my Facebook discussion with this man. It is a lot to read so I apologise in advance. He posted the following and the stuff he was promoting is below it. The conversation resumes after that: Rodney Baker wrote: "Every kingdom has a system of governance, social expectations and practices that identify its citizens as members of the kingdom. I could not be a Roman citizen without meeting the Roman Empire’s requirements. Neither can I be a citizen of the Kingdom of God without meeting God’s requirements. Salvation is merely my entry invitation. It is not a guide to how I should live as a citizen of the Kingdom. And by the way, neither is “love” a guide to how I should live. It is a nice ambiguous concept, but it lacks all the details. Fortunately, God knew that we needed the details. Unlike all other ancient Middle-Eastern gods, the God of Israel provides a clear instruction booklet about what it means to be one of His own. He provided that booklet to the children of Israel after they left Egypt because He was establishing a new Kingdom, His Kingdom, and His children needed to know how to live differently than they had in Egypt. Other ancient gods merely demanded worship but did not provide instructions. YHWH does both. Aren’t you glad? What would it be like to live under a God who never told you what He expected? Oh, never mind, that’s what Christians under “grace” already have. You already know what that is like.
This means that Torah is not rules and regulations. Torah is freedom from ignorance about what God wants, freedom from worry that I will make an accidental mistake and freedom from concern about my purpose and destiny. Torah tells me how to please God and engage with others. Without it, I am walking in the dark."
Skip Moen wrote:http://skipmoen.com/2013...orah-and-all-that-stuff/Torah – and all that stuff Friday, February 08th, 2013 | Author: Skip Moen Today I got an email from a long-time reader. It said: Skip, I have been reading your posts regularly for many years now. I am unclear of the bottom line: Are we to be Torah bound as if Jews? If so how do we apply the 600+ Laws/Kingdom rules in our current society? If selectively, which ones, how and why or why not? I am a bit thick so dumb it down for me please. Thanks in advance for your consideration. Since this might be a question for a lot of readers, I thought I would answer it publicly. I believe that we Gentiles are grafted into the commonwealth of Israel. That means that we leave our past culture and kingdom and adopt a new culture and kingdom, the Kingdom of God, the God of Israel. This is no different than Gentiles who came into the Messianic fellowship in the first century. As James remarked, “They are taught Moses every week in synagogue.” So, cultural conversion is part of the process. I am not “saved” in order to get to heaven. I am saved in order to become part of what God is doing in the restoration of the earth, that His will might be done on earth as it is in heaven. And for that I need to be part of His Kingdom here. Every kingdom has a system of governance, social expectations and practices that identify its citizens as members of the kingdom. I could not be a Roman citizen without meeting the Roman Empire’s requirements. Neither can I be a citizen of the Kingdom of God without meeting God’s requirements. Salvation is merely my entry invitation. It is not a guide to how I should live as a citizen of the Kingdom. And by the way, neither is “love” a guide to how I should live. It is a nice ambiguous concept, but it lacks all the details. Fortunately, God knew that we needed the details. Unlike all other ancient Middle-Eastern gods, the God of Israel provides a clear instruction booklet about what it means to be one of His own. He provided that booklet to the children of Israel after they left Egypt because He was establishing a new Kingdom, His Kingdom, and His children needed to know how to live differently than they had in Egypt. Other ancient gods merely demanded worship but did not provide instructions. YHWH does both. Aren’t you glad? What would it be like to live under a God who never told you what He expected? Oh, never mind, that’s what Christians under “grace” already have. You already know what that is like. This means that Torah is not rules and regulations. Torah is freedom from ignorance about what God wants, freedom from worry that I will make an accidental mistake and freedom from concern about my purpose and destiny. Torah tells me how to please God and engage with others. Without it, I am walking in the dark. Because Gentiles are grafted into Israel, Torah applies to them just as it applies to all citizens of the Kingdom. But here’s the caveat. Torah only applies to those who are the direct object of any particular commandment. So, if you aren’t a Levite, no commandment to the Levites applies to you. If you aren’t in Israel, commandments for people living in the land do not apply to you. If there is no Temple, then commandments that require actions at the Temple cannot apply. If you are a man, you have different requirements than if you are a woman. You get the idea. All of the commandments are instructions about how to live in God’s Kingdom, but not all of the commandments are for you. You have to decide which ones apply to you according to the commandment and your own circumstances. Matt Woodward and I sat down one evening and went through all 613 Torah commandments. When we were done, we found less than 10 that applied to us that we weren’t doing at the time. Most of the ones that did apply were already part of our lives. We only needed to do something about incorporating 10 more. Hundreds, literally, did not apply to us. Clear your head. Torah is not binding you. That is a Greek reaction of the idea of regulations. Torah frees you. Torah is not Jewish. It is God’s living instructions for all who are in His Kingdom. Following Torah does not make you Jewish. In fact, some commands of Torah don’t apply to Gentiles at all because Gentiles are not Jews. And contemporary Judaism is not the same as the Judaism of Yeshua’s time. Don’t let that scare you off either. We don’t selectively choose which Torah commands apply to us. Our circumstances and the command itself provide the selection process. It is determined by God, not by you and me. So, don’t get overwhelmed. Go read the 613. Alter your life according to the ones that apply to you. Be happy that you know. Delight God and please others. Enjoy the freedom of knowing what God demands and how to do it. And have fun. David Crawford wrote: Skip Moen and Matt Woodward are not studying the Towrah folks. They are exploring the Talmud and Mishnah of the Rambam, Maimonides and his 613 nit picky rules and regulations forming the basis of Rabbinical Judaism. There isn't a Rabbi in the world who studies the Towrah as dictated to Moshe, as their foundational document which is why Yahowsha' hates them. He called them a den of vipers and more. Follow their godless ramblings if you wish. Freewill is paramount to Yahowah, but there is a consequence to beguiling and misleading others in His name and it is eternal incarceration in She'owl.
Here's what the name Towrah actually means.
The Towrah – the Source of Instruction and Teaching and the Place from which Guidance and Direction Flow: from tow – the signed, written, and enduring, towrah – way of treating people, tuwr – giving us the means to explore, to seek, to find, and to choose, yarah – the source from which instruction, teaching, guidance, and direction flow, that tuwb – provides answers that facilitate our restoration and return, even our response and reply to that which is towb – good, pleasing, joyful, beneficial, favorable, healing, and right, and that which causes us to be loved, to become acceptable, and to endure, tahowr / tohorah – purifying and cleansing us, towr – so as to provide an opportunity for us to change our thinking, attitude, and direction.”
Christians believe in a renewed covenant applying to their religion. They foolishly believe their precious 'LORD' (Satan's title) 'Jesus Christ' ushered in the renewed Covenant with his death and resurrection. They are clueless as to what Yisra'el and Yahuwdah mean and these names are vital because in Yirme'yahu/Jeremiah we learn that the Covenant will be renewed, reconciled and restored, not with the 'Christian Chirche' but with 'Yisra'el' and 'Yahuwdah'. So much for Paul and his 'Christian' religion. We also know that when the Covenant is renewed, it will be incorporated into the very essence of His Covenant Family. Clearly that has yet to occur because those of us who are Covenant Family members still have to study the Towrah for understanding. It is not an integral part of us yet but it will be soon.
Here's what Yisra'el and Yahuwdah mean: Yisra’el – a compound of ‘ysh – individuals, who sarah – strive and contend with, engage, endure, and persist with, and who are set free and empowered by ‘el – God)
Yahuwdah – Yah is Abundantly Sufficient, of Yah, from Yah, those who are related to Yah and who relate to Yah.
If you don't think you are an individual who strives and contends, persists and endures and is empowered by God or of Yah, from Yah, related to Yah or can relate to Yah; then I guess the Covenant is not for you Rodney Baker wrote: David Crawford, do you know Skip personally, as I do? Have you asked him about this, before making baseless assertions? I'd suggest you get to know him and find out the truth before you go making disparaging comments such as that about a fellow believer. Who made you the judge? David Crawford wrote: Skip foolishly and ignorantly contends that the Towrah only applies to those who are the subject of any particular commandment and definitely not those commandments that are required of the tribe of Lowy/Levy (no 'v' in Scriptural Hebrew and the waw gives the 'ow' sound more often than not). Again folks, he's not talking of the Towrah. He is talking of the 613 mitzvot of Maimonides, a man Yahowah detests. Besides there are no such things as 'commandments.' Even when stated as such, they are subject to volition based on the mood, stem and conjugation of the Hebrew verbs which are, have been and always will hold true because they are timeless. No other language could express the nature of God and His Towrah as perfectly as Hebrew and that is why Yahowah created the Hebrew language.
Skip uses the name 'Yeshua.' This is not surprising since he is reading from what he thinks is the 'Towrah' yet is actually the Jewish Talmud and there is where this horrible name is found. The Rabbis hated Yahowsha' because he specifically condemned them and their religion. 'Yeshua' is a horrible, intentional Rabbinical abomination. It was intended to mislead by removing Yahowah’s Name from Yahowsha’. The Creator of the Universe despises the Jewish religion and those who promote it because it is based almost exclusively on Rabbinical arguments back and forth regarding the validity of Yahowah’s Towrah. And remember it was Rabbi Akiba and his promotion of the false ma’aseyah Shim’own bar Kokhba in 133 CE, a Yowbel year, which led to the destruction of Yaruwshalaym , the murder of a million Jews, the Diaspora to the countries of eastern Europe, the salting of the land plus the Romans renaming the place Philistia after the name of the long dead Philistines, the mortal enemies of the Jewish people; it was he who devised the scheme whereby two Rabbis could outvote God based on God having one vote and the Rabbis having one vote each. The arrogance of this man leaves me speechless yet the Jewish nation regard him as a hero even though his (false) ma’aseyah, Shim’own bar Kokhba, died in battle fulfilling nothing.
It is the Talmud and Mishnah that Jewish Rabbis follow and as such they have led millions away from God over the last 40 Yowbel (2000 years) and they will be held to account. ‘Yeshua/Yeshu’ mean ‘May his name be blotted out and remembered no more’. If that’s you’re intention, continue using this name, but do not expect to enter Yahowah’s home upon your inevitable death. Yahowsha’ identifies the Ma’aseyah as ‘Yahowah saving us via the implement doing the Work of Yah. The Ma’aseyah Yahowsha’ is no more and no less than the corporeal manifestation of Yahowah, set-apart from Yahowah as His implement doing His Work.
The Universe was created for a single purpose. That purpose is Yahowah's Familial Covenant Relationship. As offered to Abram, the Covenant has one prerequisite and four requirements to participation and five benefits of participation (to die for!) Prerequisite 1. Walk away from religion, politics, patriotism and family customs and traditions along with reverence for all things military and man's economic schemes Requirement 1. As a result of no longer trusting the schemes of men, we can come to know and understand which leads to trust and reliance on Yahowah Requirement 2. Walk to Yahowah annually along the seven-step path known as the Miqra'ey. These Called - Out Assembly meetings to meet with Yahowah comprise Pesach, Matsah, Bikuwrym, Shabuwa', Taruw'ah, Yowm Kippurym and Sukah Requirement 3. Keep focussed upon, diligently explore, closely examine and thoughtfully consider the terms and conditions of Yahowah’s Familial Covenant Relationship Requirement 4. If you are a male you must be circumcised and you must circumcise your sons as a sign of the Covenant and so that they remember
The Miqra'ey path opens the door to the benefits of the Covenant. We are made immortal, we are perfected and we are adopted as First Born Sons and Daughters of Yahowah's Covenant Family, we are enriched with Yahowah's Towrah and we are empowered by the Ruach Qodesh, our Spiritual Mother such that we are vastly more credible witnesses to The Word Rodney Baker wrote: And you are basing this on how much of Skip's writing that you've read over the years? And what do you know of his audience and his readers? How long have you been studying the Hebrew language? And you are wrong about Yeshua - it is a commonly known and well accepted abbreviation of Yehoshua, from the verb yoshia - "he will save".
I can assure you that Skip knows only too well the difference between Talmud and Torah. You are welcome to debate the content of the post and the associated article, but keep your opinions and false accusations about the heart, intent and motivation of the author to yourself, please. David Crawford wrote: As I read Skip's post, I recognise the mistakes immediately, as anyone who has studied the Towrah and is a member of Yahowah's Covenant Family, recognise them. I do not need to know the man to know that he is misleading by his words. I accept that this may be done out of ignorance and therefore my post is to let people know the errors and lead them to the Truth. That is my sole desire and purpose. I am not here to convert anyone but offer information which the rational and judgemental can evaluate which offers them the opportunity to leave Babylon and enter fellowship with Yah. I accept that everyone is free to disagree with me and I repeat that I am nothing but a dull, dented and dirty tool in the service of Yahowah. Yahowah's Towrah renders belief a liability. I don't have to believe. I know Yahowah as my Father and I have a personal relationship with Him David Crawford wrote: If he quotes from the 613 Mitzvot, he is not quoting from the Towrah but from Rabbinical arguments in the Talmud Rodney Baker wrote: David Crawford, your intention may be fine but the way you expressed it was not (in my opinion). I was taking exception with the way you expressed your disagreement. I agree that the "613" is an arbitrary and "convenient" way of delineating and codifying the instructions, which are then amplified and expanded in the mishnah (and in some cases even countermanded) to cover almost any eventuality. Rodney wrote: Baker Many, if not most, of Skip's readers are not Torah observant and are the concept that the Torah is still applicable to the Christian walk is both new and challenging to many of them. Finally, the purpose of his blog is to document his personal walk and share what he's learning as he walks. so that others can benefit along the way. I think you should go and read a lot more of his writing over the years to see the progress and what Yah has been doing there. Read the blog comments as well - the discourse, whilst always respectful, can be somewhat lively sometimes. I still think you are making unfounded assumptions based on one article out of hundreds. Do your homework first before making comments about what a person does or does not believe, study or teach. Shavua Tov. David Crawford wrote: We are called by Yahowah to be judgmental of false teachings. As such that is what I will continue to do. You are free to disagree and I respect your right to do so. It is Yahowah's Towrah teaching, guidance, instruction and direction, or Sha'uwl's 'Christianity.' You cannot have a foot in both camps and expect to enter Yahowah's Home David Crawford wrote: Rodney Baker, Here's the evidence regarding the Rabbinical abomination of 'Yeshua' as a replacement for Yahowsha.' Yahowsha' means 'Yahowah saves.' It is Yahowah saving us and even if your explanation of 'Yeshua' as 'he will save,' is correct, and it isn't, it still hides Yahowah's name which is the intent of Rabbis because they despise His name. ...There are many Messianic Jews, countless rabbis, and otherwise misinformed pseudo-intellectuals who choose to ignore the Scriptural pronunciation of Yahowsha’ (even though it is written 216 times in this form) in favor of Yeshu (which was never written in the Torah, Prophets, or Psalms). The earliest undisputed extant occurrence of Yeshu is found in five brief anecdotes in the Babylonian Talmud (a collection of rabbinical discussions constituting Jewish Oral Law circa 500 CE). Yeshu is cited as the teacher of a heretic (in Chullin 2:22-24, Avodah Zarah 16-17), as a sorcerer scheduled to be stoned on the eve of Passover (in Sanhedrin 43a), as a son who burns his food in public (in Sanhedrin 103a), as an idolatrous former rabbinical student (in Sanhedrin 107b), and as the spirit of a foreigner who is an enemy of Israel (in Gittin 56b and 57a). Yeshu is also used in the Rabbinical Tannaim and Amoraim as a replacement for Manasseh’s name (he was Hezekiah’s only son, and at twelve upon assuming the throne, he instituted pagan worship in direct opposition to his father) (Sanhedrin 103s and Berakhot 17b). The earliest explicit explanation of the Rabbinical term “Yeshu” is found in the mediaeval Toldoth Yeshu narratives which reveal: “Yeshu was an acronym for the curse ‘yimmach shemo wezikhro,’ which means: “may his name and memory be obliterated.” If that isn’t sufficiently sobering, if that isn’t enough to make you scream every time you read or hear “Yeshu/Yeshua” or its clone, “Yehshu,” then you don’t know Him very well...' Excerpted from Page 60 of: http://www.introtogod.or...me_2-Shem-His_Name.TorahIn Yahowah's Name An Introduction to God-02-Shem-His Name www.introtogod.org Rodney Baker wrote: David Crawford, I said "Yeshua" was derived from "Yoshia". Yoshia means "he will save". Yeshua means "Salvation". Yehoshua means "YHVH is salvation".
Yahowsha is not even a Hebrew word, let alone the name of Messiah!
Yosef was told by the Angel, "vǝtilod ben vǝtiqra shemo Yeshua kiy hu yoshia et ami mǝavonotem."
"And she will birth a son, and you will call his name Yeshua because [yoshia] he will save my people from their sins."
The word play between Yehsua and Yoshia does not work with Yehoshua, OR with Yeshu, which indicates that this is not a "scribal emendation" but the original word. There is additional evidence of Yehoshua being abbreviated to Yeshua in Nehemiah 8:17, Haggai 1:1 and Ezra 3:2.
That being said, there are two Hebrew manuscripts of Matthew (out of 32 or so which have been found) which do preserve Messiah's name as Yehoshua.
As for your other "evidence", here is some counter-evidence for you. Quoted from "The Naming of Jesus in Hebrew Matthew" (Gordon, 2006) pp6-7:
"While the reproduced passage preserves the original form of Yeshua's name [referring to a photographic reproduction of an ancient manuscript], the rest of Hebrew Matthew has a shortened form of his name which is "Yeshu". Today it is commonly believed that the Rabbis invented the form "Yeshu" to replace the name "Yeshua". Many Jews erroneously think Yeshu is an acronym for the Hebrew words, "yimach shemo vezichro" - "may his name and memory be blotted out". However, this negative interpretation of "Yeshu" was NOT KNOWN IN THE FIRST CENTURY, as can be seen from ancient ossuaries or "bone boxes" uncovered by archaeologists.
"In the First Century, Yeshua was a common Jewish name an das a result it appears on numerous ossuaries, sometimes written as Yeshu. One bone box identies the person buried as "Yeshua son of Joseph" and on the side of the same box his name appears a second time as "Yeshu". While these bone boxes have nothing to do with Jesus of Nazareth, they prove that Yeshu was just a shortened form of Yeshua known in the First Century, not as a curse, but as a nickname like Mike for Michael or Jim for James. The Greek name IESOUS and the English Jesus [my note: and probably the Spanish Jesus pron heysus] both come from the shortened form of the Hebrew name "Yeshu" and not directly from the original form of the name "Yeshua". "
I will not discuss this matter with you any further. Go in peace. David Crawford wrote: If you think you are correct in quoting this as: "vǝtilod ben vǝtiqra shemo Yeshua kiy hu yoshia et ami mǝavonotem." I have some news for you my friend. There is no letter 'v' in paleo Hebrew, the language of revelation and the language of much of the DSS. Both the quoted passage and your writing of Yahowah's name as YHVH is indeed telling and is a result of Rabbis despising and therefore hiding Yahowah's name from everyone. '...During their Babylonian captivity in the 6th-century BCE, Yahuwdym (known as Jews today) engendered a number of bad habits. As a result of being demeaned and mocked under the slang epithet, ―Yahoos,‖ they developed an aversion to all things (yah). To minimize this irritation, Yahuwdym made it a crime to actually say Yahowah‘s name. Then they went even further, and they purposefully misapplied their Sheva System, where the short e vowel was added to words comprised exclusively of consonants. And so long as the Sheva System only added this vowel to words without an Aleph, Ayin, Yowd, Hey, or Wah, that would have been fine. But they decided to assign an "e" following every occurrence of Yowd (( י irrespective of the fact that the י is a vowel and is most often followed by another vowel, usually Hey ( ה), and thereby altered the existing and proper pronunciation of the most important names, titles, and words found in the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms, including the vocalization of God‘s name. And while it sounds judgmental, the only rational conclusion which can be derived from the evidence is that this rule was designed to keep people from knowing or saying: "Yah." While we are on this subject, it is particularly telling that the name ascribed to this artificial contrivance, Sheva, is from shav’ (שׁוא ), the Hebrew word for "vanity", in the sense of "failed and for naught." Shav’ is "false, worthless, and lying speech which leads to emptiness and nothingness." The fact that these deceivers labelled their revisionist system "false speech" is devastating to their credibility, and thus to the appropriateness of modern Hebrew vocalizations. As incriminating as this all appears, with some further due diligence it gets even worse. There was no "v" in the Ancient, Paleo, or Babylonian Hebrew language so shav’ itself is a product of linguistic manipulation. Comprised of Shin-Wah-Aleph (שׁוא ), this word was originally pronounced showa’ and it meant: "to ravage, destroy, and devastate, creating a desolate, lifeless, wasteland." Such is the result of removing Yahowah‘s name from our collective consciousness and for changing not only the way it is spoken, but also the relationship between it and other words, titles and names associated with Yah. By altering the Ancient Hebrew (Scriptural) pronunciation of the vowel following a Yowd ( י) to "eh," especially in light of the fact Yahowah told us that His name was based upon hayah, and then by changing the Wah ( ו) from the vowel sound "o,""oo," or "u" to the consonant "v," all four letters in Yahowah‘s name hwhy- יהוה were compromised. Further, while showa’ (שׁוא ) and shuwa’ (שׁוּעַַ ) were written differently in the text, because they are transliterated similarly, by implementing the Sheva System, the Yahowshuwa‘ of the Torah has now been associated with "false speech" by these deceivers—the same Scriptural manipulators later known as Masoretes. They are the ones who brought us the Masoretic Text and the corruption of Yahowah and Yahowsha‘. They are the ones who promoted the myth that no one knows how to pronounce the name of God. They are the ones who would have you believe that Yehshu and Yehshua are accurate representations of the Hebrew name of the person known to the world as "Jesus." Do you suppose it was all coincidence? (For Yahowsha‘s vivid description of this "brood of vipers," read Mattanyah / Yah‘s Gift / Matthew 23:1-33.)...'http://www.scribd.com/doc/90694375/An-Introduction-to-God-Volume-02-Shem-His-Name An Introduction to God - Volume 02 - Shem - His Name www.scribd.comOne of the more significant factors culling the audience for this material will be the absence of a familiar vocabulary. I have endeavored to avoid most of the brushstrokes people have become accustomed to seeing because they either corrupt or conceal Yahowah’s portrait. And since God does not comba... David Crawford wrote: These things known, the second most misleading myth has been lampooned. The human manifestation of Yahowah, the corporeal implement God would use to do the work required to save us, is Yahowsha‘. This name, as a synthesis of Yahowah and yasha’, the Hebrew word for "salvation," affirms that: "Yahowah is our Savior." In Hebrew, the first three letters of Yahowsha‘s name mirror those found in Yahowah, so by way of review, the Yowd represented an open hand at the end of an arm reaching down and out to us. It symbolized the power and authority to do whatever work was required. The second letter in Yahowsha‘, like Yahowah, is Hey, which was drawn in the form of a person standing, reaching up and pointing to the heavens. It conveyed the importance of observing what God has revealed, and of reaching up to Him for assistance. It show us engaged, standing and walking with Yahowah, while holding His hand. The third letter, a Wah, was pictographic depicted via a tent peg. They were used to secure a shelter and to enlarge it so that more people could come inside, be accommodated and protected therein. It spoke of adding to and of increasing something, of being associated with and being connected to someone. In Ancient and Paleo Hebrew, the fourth character, a Shin, was drawn to represent teeth making it symbolic of language and nourishment, even the word. As such, we should see Yahowsha‘ as " the Word" "associated with and connected to" Yah. Ayin is the final letter in the designation Yahowsha‘. Scribed in the form of an eye, it was used to convey the ideas of sight, observation, and knowledge. Even today, ayn is the Hebrew word for "eye, sight, and perspective, leading to discernment and understanding." Bringing these images together from Hebrew‘s past, we discover that Yahowsha‘s name reveals that He represents the word of Yah. He has the power and the authority of Yah to do whatever work is required to assist those who look to Him, who observe His words, and who reach up to Him for help. Those who accept and understand this perspective will be added to His family. They will be sheltered and become secure.
When it comes to affirming God‘s preference for names, there is only one unimpeachable source: the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms. And so while we will scrutinize the following discussion from the book aptly named Yahowsha’, fully amplified and in its entirety in the Towrah section, there is considerable merit to previewing the following excerpt of that message here as well. David Crawford wrote: ―And it came to be (hayah), after (‘ahar) the physical death (mawet) of Moseh (Moseh), Yahowah‘s servant and coworker (‘ebed), Yahowah spoke (‘amar) as God to (‘el) Yahowsha‘ (a compound of Yahowah and yasha’, saves), son of (ben) Nuwn – the eternally existing (Nuwn), who had rendered assistance to (sarat) Moseh for the purpose of saying (la ‘amar), ‗Moseh, My servant and associate (‘ebed) has died (muwth), and so now, at this time (wa ‘atah) stand upright (quwm) and pass over (‘abar) this (zeth) Yarden (Yarden), you (‘atah) and the entire (kol) family (‘am) into God‘s (‘el) realm (‘erets) which as a result of the relationship (‘asher) I am (‘anky) giving (natan) to them (la), to (la) the Children (beny) of Yisra‘el – those who strive to live with God (Yisra’el).‘ (Yahowsha‘ 1:1-2) David Crawford wrote: http://www.scribd.com/do...-Volume-02-Shem-His-NameAn Introduction to God - Volume 02 - Shem - His Name www.scribd.comOne of the more significant factors culling the audience for this material will be the absence of a familiar vocabulary. I have endeavored to avoid most of the brushstrokes people have become accustomed to seeing because they either corrupt or conceal Yahowah’s portrait. And since God does not comba... Rodney Baker David Crawford, Firstly, there is no such language as "Paleo Hebrew". Paleo Hebrew is a script - a form of writing, not a language. Secondly, the gospel of Matthew was not written in Paleo Hebrew. Thridly, there are only two minority groups of Jews who do pronounce the "vav" as "w" everywhere. One in Yemen, and I can't remember the others off hand.I have no time for pointless debates with people who don't know the first thing about Hebrew grammar and pronunciation rules. Quoting pages from a badly flawed document, written by an anonymous author who does not even value his or her own work highly enough to put their own name to it, does not an expert make. When you've learned Hebrew from native Hebrew speakers in Israel with Ph.D 's in ancient semitic languages, and when you can accurately read and transliterate from Hebrew texts that have no vowel points, purely by applying the standard grammatical rules, then you can come and lecture me about my Hebrew grammar, transliteration and punctuation. Unless, of course, you were there to HEAR Hebrew as it was spoken by Moshe, Aharon, Yehosuha, David, Nehemiah, Yeshua, Keefa, Simeon, Yochanan, Yehuda etc, or have audio recordings of them speaking to prove your case, in which case I will apologise and admit that you are correct. Otherwise, please stop wasting my time. |