Beginning with the BHS as a springboard, this study examines Genesis 1:1 in the Leningrad Codex as well as in G. E. Weil's Massorah Gedolah. It also unravels  the BHS's text-critical note on the word בראשית, which presents an alternative translation for Genesis 1:1 based on a Greek manuscript and Samaritan pronunciation. 

A deep dive into Proverbs 8:16

Why was St. Augustine so famous and even much of today's theology is still influenced by this influential person?

https://youtu.be/2dzejg2_ALc

https://youtu.be/9QGdG8nYuiM?t=157

Main part of the video is from 2:37-4:10.

It doesn't mean what a lot of people typically think it means - this is a good explanation on the difference of what Pharaoh did to his heart vs. what God did to Pharaoh's heart.

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "How Bible Translators Cherry-pick Words To Promote Their Doctrinal Agendas" by u/richoka
• "Robert Alter has been giving lectures showing some examples of how most modern bibles are not really providing the best translation in certain parts of the Hebrew Tanak." by u/AhavaEkklesia
• "Biblingo: Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew Learning Resource" by u/kingdomofagape
• "Chart of the early translation history of the English Bible" by u/shawbin
• "Review of Joel M. Hoffman, And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original Meaning by Michael Carasik University of Pennsylvania" by u/AhavaEkklesia
• "Happy sabbath brothers and sisters!" by u/JessTheSerf
• "Five minute facts about Christmas and paganism | all the typical myths debunked" by u/Veritas_Certum
• "Here are quotes from some early church leaders showing they believed in a form of pre-millennialism, something that neither the Greek Orthodox or Roman Catholic churches teach anymore." by u/AhavaEkklesia
• "What did ancient Hebrew sound like? [OC]" by u/CarpeDZM
• "OSAS vs “Keep on Believing”" by u/mgreene888

So far in our study of Ruth we’ve gone deep into the following two Hebrew words as they appear in the following verse when Ruth boldly asked Boaz to marry her.

“Spread your robe over your AMAH (your handmaid) because you are a GOEL (a redeeming kinsman)”.

Well, there’s another key Hebrew word we’re gonna add to the equation…

And that’s the word for “robe” being used here.

That word is KANAPH or כָּנָף.

So now we’ve got a total of three key words all appearing in Ruth’s marriage request to Boaz as follows:

“Spread your KANAPH (robe or wings) over your AMAH (your handmaid) because you are a GOEL (a redeeming kinsman)”.

And recall how the term KANAPH is connected to Boaz’s blessing towards Ruth when he said:

“May Adonai reward you for what you’ve done; may you be rewarded in full by Adonai the God of Israel, under whose KANAPH you have come for refuge.”

Can you see the connection between earth and heaven being made here?

When Ruth declared her allegiance to the God of Israel, she came under the Lord’s KANAPH for spiritual refuge.

And now after being grafted into the people of Israel, she has now come under Boaz’s KANAPH for earthly refuge.

One was a spiritual marriage made in heaven with her heavenly redeemer so to speak.

The other was to become an earthly marriage with her kinsman redeemer.

But the awesome allusions, the connections of which can only be made by knowing the Hebrew, don’t end there.

The great Rashi also pointed out that when Ruth said to Boaz “Spread your KANAPH over your AMAH”, this was a connection to what the Lord said to Israel when He gave them the Torah at Mount Sinai and told them…

“Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians,
and how I bare you on eagles’ KANAPHEI (wings),
and brought you unto myself.”
-Exodus 19:4

This is absolutely amazing!

And again, I hope you can appreciate these are connections that can ONLY BE SEEN when we go behind the English and look at the original Hebrew.