Take a look at these English phrases: “I dunno…” “Whaddaya think?” “I wanna go!” “I’m gonna do it!” Now if you’re a native English speaker, I’m sure at first glance you wouldn’t have any problem deciphering the above. However, if you’re NOT a native speaker, I’d have my doubts. For example, I’m living in Japan […]

Today I wanna introduce someone to you from my neck of the woods (ethnically speaking that is). His name is David Toshio Tsumura. He’s currently the Old Testament professor at Japan Bible Seminary…  He’s also the chairman of the Tokyo Museum of Biblical Archaeology and editor of Exegetica: Studies in Biblical Exegesis. Earlier, he served […]

Alrighty, let’s jump right into things. Yesterday I told you that in terms of accuracy, the Greek Septuagint is widely regarded to be far superior than the Hebrew Masoretic texts in terms of accuracy. That conclusion seems to make sense because the Greek Septuagint was put together a good 1000 years before the Masoretic texts…actually […]

Another mind-blowing truth bomb to share with you today… Some of the OLDEST manuscripts of the “Old” Testament we have in our possession today are NOT in Hebrew… That’s right man! Let me explain. There are currently two manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible in our possession. The Greek Septuagint… And the Masoretic texts. The Masoretic […]

Alrighty, so here’s another truth bomb I gotta drop. Fueled by anti-semitic bigotry, gentiles have been attacking the “Old” Testament ever since the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine. How have the gentiles been attacking the “Old” Testament? Simply by finding sneaky ways to assert the texts aren’t valid any longer. How do they that? […]