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Jeremiah Chapter 17

Sin and the captivity of Judah
Trust in God is blessed
God’s salvation
Renewal of the covenant

Jeremiah Chapter 16

Ruin of the Jews foreshadowed by types
Their return
Double payment for idolatry

Jeremiah Chapter 15

Complete rejection of Judah and resulting judgements
Jeremiah receives a promise and a threat
A complaint and a prayer

Jeremiah Chapter 13

The Ruined Waistband
Figure of the bottles of wine
Exhortation to repentance

Jeremiah Chapter 12

Jeremiah complaint of the prosperity of the wicked
God lament the desolation of his inheritance
Promises to the repentant

Jeremiah Chapter 11

The prophet proclaims God’s covenant
Disobedient Jews reprimanded
A prophecy of evil

Jeremiah Chapter 10

Unequal comparison of God and idols
Jeremiah warns the people
Lament for the tabernacle
Jeremiah’s prayer

Jeremiah Chapter 9

Jeremiah laments the sins of the people
Disobedience brings calamities
A Warning
The Jews and the nations threatened

Jeremiah Chapter 7

Jeremiah calls Judah to repentance
God’s judgements threatened
Sacrifices are rejected
Exhortation to mourn

Jeremiah Chapter 6

Judah’s enemies encourage themselves
The prophet’s lament
The people are called to mourn

Jeremiah Chapter 5

Judgement of God on the Jews for their sins
Contempt of God
Wickedness of the people and their leaders

Jeremiah Chapter 4

God’s call to Israel
Judah exhorted to repentance
Lamentation for Judah

Jeremiah Chapter 3

Rebellious Judah and Israel
Promises to the repentant
Israel’s Confession

Jeremiah Chapter 1

The Time and calling of Jeremiah
Jeremiah’s vision signifying speedy judgments
God’s promise of assistance

Purim Continued

From the book Celebration The Book Of Jewish Festivals Buy the book here Purim’s festivity connects intimately with the month of Adarאֲדָר Ădār; from Akkadian adaru is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar, roughly corresponding to the month of March in the […]

Nature of Prophecy

The institution of prophecy is founded on the basic premise that God makes his will known to chosen individuals in successive generations.

A Second Torah

Some of the most ancient surviving Hebrew texts are written in what looks, to the untrained eye, like chicken scratch. This is the original Hebrew script that scholars call Paleo-Hebrew.

The Hebrew Meaning of Sin

Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor of BHC discusses the meanings of sin in Judaism and the Jewish Jesus Movement or click here for more BHC Videos

Righteousness

Righteousness, the fulfillment of all legal and moral obligations.
In the Bible righteousness bears a distinctly legal character; the righteous man is the innocent party, while the wicked man is the guilty one:

Biblical Weights And Measures

Basic unit of weight-shekel Grains LBS OZ Shekel 175.875 0.402 Bekah (half shekel) 109.30 0.201 Gerah (l /20 shekel) 10.90 0.0201 Maneh (mina) = 60 shekels 13,122.00 1.2561 20.0976 Pound (mna) = 60 shekels 13,122.00 1 14 Pound (litra) 2,252.60 Talent = 60 maneh 527,800.00 75.4 1,206.4 The LB. Avoir. = 7000 grains the oz. […]

Passover

Passover, also known as Pesach, is a Jewish spring holiday. It commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from Egyptמִצְרַיִם‎Transliteration:miṣrayim – Pronunciation: mits-rah’-yim adjective, proper locative noun – Egypt = “land of the Copts (a member of a people descended from the ancient Egyptians)” . For more info click here and their journey to freedom. The holiday reminds […]

Niddah

“Menstrous Woman” נִדָּה According to Jewish law, a woman is forbidden to maintain sexual relations with her husband during and for sometimes both before and after her menses. For info on the word click here

Paradise And Hell in Later Thought

From the Encyclopedia Judaica 13:82 Paradise and Hell, the place of reward for the righteous and punishment for the wicked after death, are traditionally referred to as the Garden and Gehinnom respectively. In the Bible these two names never refer to the abode of souls after death; nevertheless, the idea of a fiery torment for […]

Astarte

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Astarte (from Greek ?στ?ρτη (Astárt?)) is the name of a goddess as known from Northwestern Semitic regions, cognate in name, origin and functions with the goddess Ishtar in Mesopotamian texts. Another transliteration is ‘Ashtart; other names for the goddess include Hebrew ?????(transliterated Ashtoreth), Ugaritic ‘?trt (also ‘A?tart or ‘Athtart, transliterated […]

Ashtaroth

(Holman Bible Dictionary) (assh’ tuhrahth) is the plural form of Ashtoreth, a Canaanite goddess of fertility, love, and war and the daughter of the god El and the goddess Asherah. 1. The Old Testament uses the plural form, Ashtaroth, more than the singular form, Ashtoreth. The only references to Ashtoreth come in 1 Kings 11:5, […]

Anan, Son of Anan

High Priest of the family of Anan the son Of Seth. Appointed to the office by Agrippa II in 62 C.E., Anan officiated for three months only. He used the interval between the death of the procurator (Gov.) Festus and the arrival of his successor Albinus, to convene the Sanhedrin and have several persons condemned […]

The Synagogue

Organization- Every Synagogue had a president, and a number of Elders (Zekenim) equal in rank, a reader and interpreter, one or more envoys or clerks called “messengers” (Sheliah) and a sexton or beadle (Chazzan) for the humbler mechanicals services. There were deacons (Gabac zedaka) for the collection of alms in money and produce. Ten or […]

Amoraim

Amoraim designation of the scholars who were active from the period of the completion of the Minshnah (c. 200 C.E.) until the completion of the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud’s (end of the 4th and end of 5th centuries respectively).

Amora (Ahmorah)

sayer, spokesman Term used originally for the “interpreter,” who communicated audibly to the assembled pupils the lessons of the rabbinic teacher. It was later applied as the generic term for the rabbis of the post-mishnaic period, whose activities were centered on the Mishnah. Even in that period the amora as teacher continued to employ amoraim […]

Etymology

The history of a linguistic form (as a word) shown by tracing it’s development since it’s earliest recorded occurrence in athe language where it is found, by tracing it’s transmission from one langue to another, by identifying it cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language.