How is a month, a leap month, or a year reckoned according to the biblical calendar? What are the historical traditions and do Karaites observe an “oral law” in following practices not clearly stipulated in the text? And what is the difference in understanding the first month of a biblical year and Rosh Hashanah? Interview […]

The Biblical Calendar – Reckoning Months & Years

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Biblical archaeology is abuzz with news of a new find upon Mount Ebal. What does it say? How old is it? Also, recent news reported that the Siloam Inscription was going to be returned to Israel from Istanbul. But why is it there in the first place and what does it have to do with […]

Cursed! Cursed! Cursed! – The Ebal Amulet & Siloam Inscription – Ross K Nichols

Fragment F of The Moses Scroll is literally a crossword puzzle. It is entirely unreadable but for a scattering of identified letters in the first column. Listen to Ross as he explains how he solved the puzzle to reconstruct the paragraph that appears immediately after the Decalogue. His reconstruction reads as follows: [… “Y]ou [speak] […]

The Text Of The Moses Scroll – Episode #18 – Ross K Nichols

The final two commandments, as they appear in The Moses Scroll, are as follows: You shall not desire • [your neighbor’s] woman, • his maidservant, • or anything • that is • his. • I am • Elohim • your Elohim. • You shall not hate • your brother • in your heart. • I […]

The Text Of The Moses Scroll – Episode #17 – Ross K Nichols

Ever since Moses Shapira brought The Moses Scroll to the public in 1883 it has been and continues to be, keenly debated in the scholarly world. One point of contention, the commandment as it appears in the document: #8220;You shall not respond • against your brother • with a testimony of • deceit. • I [#8230;]

The Text Of The Moses Scroll – Episode #16 – Ross K Nichols

Ezekiel 18:20 states that “The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” How does this resolve with passages such as Exodus 20:5, 34:7, and Deuteronomy […]

The Biblical Calendar – Reckoning Months & Years

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