1 1 The record of Elias the Tishbite which he wrote for his disciple Elisha whom he called from his field in Abelmaholah unto the holy order of Elohim. 2 Behold, I, Elias, write this record with my own hand and no man shall see it until I have ascended into heaven....
1 "They became insolent in their prosperity . . . ." I cried unto the Lord when I was in distress, Unto God when sinners assailed. Suddenly the alarm of war was heard before me; I said, He will hearken to me for I am full of righteousness. I thought in my heart...
Chapter 1 1 The book of the words of Tobit, son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asael, of the tribe of Nephthali; 2 Who in the time of Enemessar king of the Assyrians was led captive out of Thisbe, which is at...
The Epistle of Jeremiah 1 A copy of an epistle, which Jeremiah sent unto them which were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to certify them, as it was commanded him of God. 2 Because of the sins which ye have committed before...
The Prayer of Azariah in the Furnace 1 And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord. 2 Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said, 3 Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our...
Daniel and the Priests of Bel 1 And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom. 2 And Daniel conversed with the king, and was honored above all his friends. 3 Now the Babylons had an idol, called Bel, and there were...
Susanna’s Beauty Attracts Two Elders 1 There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim: 2 And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord. 3 Her parents also were righteous, and taught their...
WE HAVE already established by this point that, when it comes to the Hebrew Masoretic Text, the Greek Septuagint is an entire millennia its elder. But here is what we have not yet covered: so is the Targum. If you are unfamiliar with the Targum, and most probably are,...
The Writings of Abraham from the papyri found in Egypt 1831 CHAPTER 1 BEHOLD my son, I have caused to come into thine hands a fragment of the writings of Abraham in which he hath left a record of his sojourn among men and of the blessings of the Lord unto him....
THINKING ABOUT GUNS FROM THE PARKING LOT OF THE GEORGIA GUIDE-STONES THIS ALL BEGAN while staring out at the Georgia Guidestones from my Ford F-350, waiting upon Zen Garcia and company to arrive, and thought I might as well get some work done. Justin Russell is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ZTzuQTd_0&feature=youtu.be Releasing the Book of Enoch audio drama has been a long-awaited moment for me. The Audio production was an idea I had several years ago—one finally realized during my time working for NYSTV last...
From the time of my January 2015 Flat Earth awakening to the August 2017 "Globe Versus Flat Earth Debate" with Dr. Stephen Pidgeon—hosted by Stephen and Jana Ben-noon of Israeli News Live here in Atlanta, Georgia—I have published three books on biblical cosmology and...
Missing Books: A Probable Introduction "History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history." — Clarence Darrow AND THEN one day it finally occurred to me. The Vatican has never been raided. In the sort of imaginary world where nobody...
MISSING BOOKS have long bothered me. Name a person. Name practically anybody worth mentioning and there's likely a lost work attributed to them. Homer. Shakespeare. Aristotle. Pythagoras. Plato. Julius Caesar. Caesar Augustus. Euclid. Pliny the Elder. Tertullian....
YOU CAN choose to watch some of Yale Universities finest lectures for free on YouTube. I was doing just that the other day and thinking to myself, "Why did I need to pay for college again?" The lecture in question was on The Gospel of Thomas, sometimes known as "the...
MY WORKING theory is that the author behind the book of Judges and the long snubbed book of Jasher are one and the same. The exact number of scribes is unimportant to this hypothesis. I believe the similarities between both narratives should be studied. Both writers...
WAIT, THE TEMPLE WASN'T ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT...? WE WERE in Austria, just south of Munich. It was Sabbath. I had only recently fallen into a Venice canal but that's an entirely different incident. We were reading our Torah portions as a family and listening to...
Mm-hmm, 900 workers at a Tyson Food plant in Indiana test positive for COVID-19. How convenient. With plant closures across America, farmers are no longer able to sell their stock on the market. Millions of animals are being slaughtered and then disposed of while...
Here it goes. A serious question. Ready…? How many slaves in the British and New World colonies truly comprehended the fact that they were actual slaves to the colonies? And there it is. I can hear it now. Some of you are already joining in with the Skynet troll-bot...
I no longer believe that Moses exclusively authored Genesis. I'll wait. Somebody is undoubtedly writing me a letter at this very moment—or informing social media. All caps. NOEL HAS FALLEN FROM GRACE!!! Still reading? Good— Because Genesis is a biography. There are...
HER JOURNEY TO MEET Isaac, the man she was betrothed to, was roughly five-hundred miles on the back of a camel—a journey likely spanning weeks, even if the roads and terrain were fair. While Rebecca concluded the final leg of her journey, Isaac went out to a field to...
THE EGYPTIANS, Babylonians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Assyrians, and Greeks, essentially all the ancient nations surrounding the children of Israel, had plenty to say on life after death. The Hebrews had very little. Their silence is telling. For the ancient Hebrew,...
LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX. —because everybody's favorite computer nerd wants to spice up your bedroom life. As part of his awe-inspiring ID 2020 project, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is developing a tiny drug delivery chip that works as a contraceptive agent. Birth...
THE PLOT THICKENS. And it involves pig-men. I think. A coronavirus strain in India has reportedly mutated (I know), and may in fact render the worldwide race for a vaccine worthless (I know). Without going into too many details, "researchers" are learning that the...
Targum Jonathan on Genesis Week 8 Chapters 32:3 - 36:43 Chapter 32 וַאֲמַר יַעֲקב כֵּיוָן דְחָמִינוּן לָא מַשִׁירְוַין דְעֵשָו הִינוּן דְאַתְיָין לִקְדָמוּתִי וְלָא מַשִׁירְוְיָן דְלָבָן הִינוּן דְהַדְרוּ לְמִרְדַף בַּתְרַיי אֱלָהֵין...
Targum Jonathan on Genesis Week 7 Chapters 28:10 - 32:2 Chapter 28כ״ח ויצא חַמְשָׁא נִיסִין אִתְעֲבִידוּ לְיַעֲקב בִּזְמַן דִנְפַק מִן בֵּירָא דְשָׁבַע. נִיסָא קַמָא אִתְקַצְרוּ שְׁעוֹי דְיוֹמָא וּטְמַע שִׁימְשָׁא בְּלָא אִשׁוּנֵיהּ...
Targum Jonathan on Genesis Week 6 Chapters 25:19 - 28:9 Chapter 25כ״ה וְאוֹסִיף אַבְרָהָם וּנְסַב אִיתָא וּשְׁמָהּ קְטוּרָה הִיא הָגָר דִקְטִירָא לֵיהּ מִן שֵׁרוּיָא 1 And Abraham added and took a wife, and her name was Keturah; she is Hagar, who had...
Targum Jonathan on Genesis Week 5 Chapters 23 - 25:18 Chapter 23כ״ג ויהיו חיי שׁרה וַהֲווֹ חַיֵי שָרָה מְאָה וְעֶשְרִין וּשְׁבַע שְׁנִין שְׁנֵי חַיָיהָא דְשָרָה 1 And the days of the life of Sarah were an hundred and twenty and seven years,...
Targum Jonathan on Genesis Week 4 Chapters 18-22 Chapter 18י״ח וירא וְאִתְגְלֵי עֲלוֹהִי יְקָרָא דַיְיָ בְּחֵיזְוֵי מַמְרֵא וְהוּא מְרַע מִכֵּיבָא דִמְהוּלְתָּא יָתִיב תְּרַע מַשְׁכְּנָא לְתוּקְפָא דְיוֹמָא 1 AND the glory of the Lord was...
Targum Jonathan on Genesis Chapters 12-17 Chapter 12י״ב וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְאַבְרָם אִיזֵיל לָךְ מֵאַרְעָךְ אִתְפְּרֵשׁ מִן יַלְדוּתָךְ פּוּק מִבֵּית אָבוּךְ זִיל לְאַרְעָא דְאַחֲזִינָךְ 1 AND the Lord said to Abram, Go thou from thy land; separate...