“Y’hoshua got up early in the morning, and they left Sheetim and came to the Yarden, he with all the people of Israel; they camped there before crossing.”-Joshua 3:1 We shouldn’t just fly by the opening verse of Joshua Chapter 3 where we’re told… …“Joshua got up early in the morning”. From an ancient Hebrew […]

Alrighty folks, today I’m going to offer up some concluding thoughts on the topic we’ve been immersed in over the past couple of days about how best to read the Bible, especially the OT or as I like to put it the “Only” Testament. Keep in mind that everything I’ve said about how the Scriptures […]

We are continuing on with our discussion on the topic of how the Holy Scriptures were birthed within an oral culture. Let me start by asking you this. Did you know that our current practice of punctuation is actually a recent development? In ancient times, not only did most written languages NOT have punctuation, they […]

All documents produced in the ancient world were meant to be read out loud, not read in silence. The reason is because most ancient documents were meant to be communicated to large groups of people at once. However, even when a letter was written for just one person, that letter was not just handed over […]

Last time I concluded with a thought of utmost importance for the Torah student to grasp. The Jewish Bible was NOT meant to be read. It was meant to be passed along to the next generation orally. All those famous Bible stories and narratives we’ve grown to love were meant for storytellers to share out […]