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Walk the Holy land and learn from Andre your tour guide in Israel First Century Journey in a chronological order From Birth to Resurrection www.twinsbiblicalacademy.com/academy
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Walk the Holy land and learn from Andre your tour guide in Israel First Century Journey in a chronological order From Birth to Resurrection www.twinsbiblicalacademy.com/academy
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Episodes
I Am 50. The Year of My Jubilee.A Return to Joy, to Silence, and to the Sacred Land inside my Soul!
8/15/2025
In the West, birthdays are often a personal spotlight candles, gifts, and applause for one more lap around the sun. But here, in the land where the Scriptures were breathed, time feels different. In the Aramaic and Hebraic world, the day you were born is not just a date to repeat every year. it’s the moment God appointed you to step into His unfolding story.
I have spent much of my life leading others through the Holy Land land showing pilgrims the stones, the olive trees, the paths of Yeshua. But now, the Spirit is guiding me through the inner terrain of my own soul. There are fields inside me that need to rest, Old vineyards needing song again. I hear the shofar not with my ears, but in my chest. A blast of mercy. A call to begin again.
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Duración:00:24:57
Aramaic Influence in the Hebrew Scripture
7/25/2025
Linguistic Threads Across Sacred Scrolls
When we speak of the Hebrew Bible, many assume it was written exclusively in Hebrew. But the truth is far more textured—woven with threads of Aramaic that reflect not only linguistic evolution, but also the historical upheaval and cultural interaction that shaped the Jewish people. Aramaic was not merely a language of exile; it became a vessel through which Scripture was preserved, interpreted, and proclaimed.
📜 1. Scriptural Passages in Aramaic Though the majority of the Tanakh is in Hebrew, significant portions are written in Imperial Aramaic (אֲרָמִית). These include:
Ezra 4:8–6:18 and 7:12–26 – Persian imperial correspondence, preserved in the administrative Aramaic of the empire. These passages offer us a rare glimpse into diplomatic exchanges and temple restoration edicts, revealing how Scripture also served as historical documentation.
Daniel 2:4b–7:28 – The narrative shifts into Aramaic as Daniel begins interpreting dreams for Babylonian and Persian kings. This section contains prophetic visions relevant to Gentile empires, hinting that Aramaic was chosen to address a broader imperial audience.
Jeremiah 10:11 – A lone verse in Aramaic: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish.” This serves as a bold anti-idolatry proclamation, likely preserved in the lingua franca for clarity to foreign peoples.
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Duración:00:53:40
Theology if the Dead Sea scrolls - Part III - Pesher
7/18/2025
Discover the mystery of Pesher—the ancient interpretive key used by the Qumran community behind the Dead Sea Scrolls! In our upcoming webinar, we’ll explore how these early Jewish sectarians unlocked hidden meanings in biblical prophecy, believing they were living in the end times. Through Pesher, scriptures became divine messages decoded for their generation where figures like the “Wicked Priest” and “Teacher of Righteousness” emerged from the sacred texts themselves.
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Duración:00:36:51
Train Journey Across Canada
7/10/2025
How You Can Walk With Me
🔹 PRAY – Cover this journey in prayer. That I may hear clearly and write faithfully. 🔹 CONNECT – Introduce me to a church, pastor, or believer in Vancouver (Aug 2–3) or Toronto (Aug 9–10). 🔹 ENCOURAGE – Send a note. A scripture. A blessing. I will carry it with me. 🔹 BLESS – If you’d like to sow into this sacred retreat, you can give through the ministry at Twins Biblical Academy.
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Even a cup of coffee’s worth helps me steward this calling.
I’ll be sharing glimpses from the train window… and from the pages of the journey. Thank you for walking with me—not just in geography, but in spirit.
Duración:00:04:03
Aramaic word of the Day - Laahana - Rest - Vacation
7/9/2025
Welcome back to season eleven with Aramaic Word of the day: "Laahana" which means My Vacation or my Rest i pray you are enjoying these short in depth aramaic words that shaped first century mindset of the early followers of Yeshua and deepen our understanding for Today by learning the aramaic language
The Western word “vacation” comes from Latin vacare “to be empty, free.” In the Western world, vacation often means:"Stopping work so I can rest, escape, or entertain myself."
In Aramaic, we don’t say “vacation.” That’s a modern word, born from the idea of escaping work, escaping responsibility, escaping noise. But in our tongue, the word is (Laahna). It means rest, yes but not the way the West imagines it. Laahna is soul-rest. It’s not absence of work. It’s the presence of stillness. Not a schedule-free week, but a heart returned to rhythm.
You see, Westerners plan their “vacations” like military operations: flights, hotels, bucket lists. They miss what our ancestors knew: real rest begins inside. Laahna is what Yeshua did on the seventh day not because He was tired, but because He was satisfied.
But in the Eastern (Semitic) mindset, the concept of “vacation” is not absence of duty, but presence of restoration, purpose, and inner stillness. As a guide from the Judean hills and the alleyways of Jerusalem, I’ve walked with many pilgrims well, they call themselves “tourists.” They come with cameras and checklists, ready to “see the Holy Land,” but often miss something far holier: rest.
I’ve watched travelers rush through the Garden of Gethsemane, take a photo, and say, “Done!” But did they ever sit under the olive trees and breathe? Did they let the silence speak? That silence is Lahna. It’s what Elijah found on Mount Horeb not in the wind or the earthquake, but in the still, small voice.
Laahna is restoration, not recreation. It’s when your insides are aligned again. That’s why Yeshua said, “Come to me, all who are weary and I will give you rest. Not a sabbatical from your job. A homecoming to your purpose. This is not simply about physical exhaustion it’s about being weary in your being, tired from the weight of life, expectations, and performance. Yeshua wasn’t offering a Mediterranean cruise. Yeshua was offering Laahna a rest that reorders the soul and returns you to the rhythm of Eden.
I live in Texas now, in a small space with no office but back home in Jerusalem, even our stones breathe history. Even our desert has rhythm. I take the train sometimes just to write, to slow my soul down, to remember that Laahna is not about location. It’s about intention.
So next time you think of coming to Israel not for a vacation, but for something deeper remember Laahna. Come not just to see the land, but to let the land see you. Come not just to hear the stories, but to let your story be rewritten by sacred stillness.
Because the Holy Land doesn’t just want your footsteps.
It wants your quiet. It wants your confession. It wants your transformation. Think of it as a Laahna moment. A pause not of emptiness, but of presence where the land doesn’t just receive you, but recognizes you.
You don’t come here merely to see ruins or landscapes. You come to be seen by olive trees that have outlived empires, by waters that have heard the whispers of prophets, by hills that still hold the echo of Yeshua’s footsteps.
In the West, we “go on vacation” to escape. But in the East, we withdraw to return. To withdraw, like Elijah to the cave. Like Yeshua to the wilderness. Like monks to the Judean cliffs where the silence isn’t empty, it’s full of God.
So come not to walk where Jesus walked but to walk with Him again, in your own inner desert. Let the stories of Scripture stop being museum pieces and start becoming mirrors where your soul sees what it forgot.
Finally my prayers to you let Laahna not vacation be your guide. Not rest from work, but return and rest Laahna to what you were made. The Land is waiting for you in 2026, and i pray i...
Duración:00:05:29
Aramaic word of the Day - Rabboni
7/8/2025
In the Middle Eastern mindset, to follow a master is to imitate his very essence.
But in the Western world, you often separate knowledge from life. A teacher gives you information. A student takes notes. But in the world of Jesus, a Rabboni gives you himself.
That’s why Mary didn’t cry out “Rabbi!” or “Jesus!”She said:
With the tears of recognition. With the intimacy of a disciple who had once been lost—and now was found in His voice.
This one word captures a universe of longing, grief, hope, and reunion.
When was the last time you didn’t just study Jesus, but called out to Him as your Rabboni?
When was the last time you let His presence find you, like He found Mary by the empty tomb?
Let today be that day. Call Him Rabboni not with your head, but with your heart.
Mary’s cry in the garden still echoes today.
She didn’t just see Him. She knew Him.
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Duración:00:03:29
Aramaic word of the Day - Enasha (Human)
7/7/2025
Welcome to season eleven Aramaic Word of the day: "Enasha" (Human, Man)
I remember standing on the Southern Steps of the Temple, where the original stones still hold the dust of generations. The sun was dipping low over the Mount of Olives, and the group grew quiet. A young man in my tour asked me, "Do you really believe Jesus walked here?"
I turned and placed my hand on the warm limestone.“He didn't just walk here,” I said. “He waited here. He breathed here. He was a man—like you and me.”
Then I told him to say this word in Aramaic to repeat after me: (Enasha) This, I told him, “is what He became.”
In Aramaic, enasha doesn't just mean "man" or "person." It speaks of mortal humanity not the noble, dignified crown of creation, but the vulnerable, dependent, relationally exposed creature.
In Psalm 8:4 – “What is man that You are mindful of him?” The Hebrew and Aramaic (Enosh) both imply fragility, even woundability.
Daniel 7:13 – “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a Son of Man; "bar enosh” (Son of Man) and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.”
This is not merely a title of authority, but a profound paradox a human figure exalted to the clouds of heaven.
It’s as if Yeshua is saying: “To be truly human is the path to divine nearness.”
When I look into that young man standing at the southern steps, I told him of how easily life can be lost, we are weak human beings. We are not machines. We are not ideas. We are not gods. We are enasha—we bleed, we laugh, we forget, we need one another. And in that frailty, we reflect the image of the One who made us.
The Western mind says: “Stand tall.”The Aramaic heart whispers: “Fall on your knees, and you will stand higher than ever before.”
In the Western mindset, being human often means being autonomous, rational, and self-made. Identity is rooted in individualism "I think, therefore I am." Manhood is tied to strength, agency, and control, and success is measured by how much one can achieve or conquer. The ideal human is one who stands tall, independent, and unshaken. Weakness is something to overcome, and vulnerability is often hidden. In this view, to be human is to rise above fragility, to master oneself and the world.
But in the Middle Eastern, Aramaic way of seeing, to be human (Enasha) is to be dependent, relational, and grounded in community. You are not a soul in isolation but a soul in covenant. Manhood is not about dominance, but about humility, responsibility, and the ability to carry others. Identity is not discovered alone, but received through belonging: "I am known, therefore I am." Weakness is not shameful it is the sacred space where Yeshua meets you. In this view, to be human is not to rise above the dust but to remember that you are dust, and still deeply loved.
We westernize Yeshua so quickly make Him untouchable, distant, doctrinal. But if you stand here long enough, on these Southern Steps, and let the silence speak… you’ll remember:
He was Human enasha.
Not in disguise. Not pretending. Not Superman with a robe.He was tired. Hungry. Misunderstood. Tempted.And still, He trusted the Father. That’s what true humanity is.
The same elohim who formed Adam from dust chose to become dust to walk these steps so we would never again walk alone. welcome to the southern steps were jesus walked and taught scripture, then i thanked the young man in my group for his question, and then we continued our day back to the hotel.
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Duración:00:04:41
Theology of the dead sea scrolls Part II - The Midrash
7/5/2025
Midrash (מִדְרָשׁ)—from the Hebrew root ד־ר־שׁ (darash), “to seek, inquire, interpret”—is not merely commentary. It is a living dialogue with the sacred text, seeking not only what it says, but what it does, and how it continues to speak. In the Aramaic mindset, where language reveals reality through action rather than abstraction, Midrash becomes a performance of the Word, an interpretive drama within the covenant community.
In this way, Midrash is both interpretive theology and spiritual excavation, where each layer of the scroll reveals another layer of the soul.
Two Levels: Covert and Overt Midrash We can divide the midrashic interpretive strategies in Qumran into two functional categories—overt and covert—based on their level of disclosure and hermeneutical transparency.
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Duración:00:35:29
Aramaic word of the Day - Nura
7/5/2025
Welcome to season eleven Aramaic Word of the day: Noura — Fire.
As a Middle Eastern guide shaped by the ancient stones of Jerusalem, I often stand by a campfire in the Judean hills and watch the flames dance alive, unpredictable, and warm. That fire, in Aramaic, is Noura. But it is not just physical heat or chemical reaction. No In our world the Semitic world Noura is presence. It is life, purification, judgment, revelation, and divine encounter.
Noura as Manifestation
In the Bible, Noura is how God appears not in abstraction, but in relational intensity. Think of Exodus 3: “The bush was burning with fire but it was not consumed.” Noura is theophany - God made visible.
But Western thinking? It reduces fire to a thing. An element. A force to be studied, measured, and controlled. Fire in science labs. Heat on thermostats. A survival tool.
In our world, fire is not tamed it is encountered.
Noura as Purification
In Semitic thought, Noura purifies. Daniel’s friends in the furnace (Daniel 3) weren’t burned they were cleansed. Fire revealed their faith and the presence of the divine Fourth Man walking with them. Fire is not punishment; it is refinement.
Western theology often frames fire as hellfire, destruction, and fear. “You will burn if you fail.” But the Aramaic heart sees Noura as the flame that refines gold, not the one that destroys straw.
Fire tests. It does not torment. It reveals.
Noura and Light
The root of Noura is also tied to light. The fire of God gives vision. In Psalm 119, the word is a lamp to my feet that’s Noura guiding the soul through darkness. In Western thought, light is often symbolic of knowledge illumination of the mind. Think Enlightenment, progress, reason.
But in our Semitic walk, light is relational clarity, not just cognitive. It's how you see God, not just how you learn facts.
In Aramaic, to have Noura is not to know more it’s to walk closely.
Noura in the Heart
When the disciples walked with Yeshua on the road to Emmaus, they said: “Did not our hearts burn within us?” (Luke 24:32). That is Noura not intellectual persuasion but heart ignition. A Middle Eastern man does not say, “I agree with your argument.” He says, “My heart burns.” That’s how we know truth—by inner fire.
In contrast, Western thought often seeks truth through cold logic and philosophical systems. But our ancestors knew: if the truth does not burn, it is not yet alive.
My brother, my sister have you experienced Noura? Not just the warmth of emotion, but the fire that reveals, refines, and invites you closer?
Ask yourself:
Is the Word just ink on a page, or is it fire in your bones?
Is your theology cold, or does it set hearts ablaze?
My hope is this:That you no longer fear fire, but welcome it.That the presence of Noura in your life would not consume you,but illuminate the face of the One who walks beside you in the furnace. Please always remember that the fire of God is not against you. It is for you.
Come closer to the fire in your heart.
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Duración:00:04:03
Aramaic word of the Day - Malkutha
7/4/2025
Welcome to season eleven Aramaic Word of the day: Malkutha — Kingdom
As your guide through the streets of Jerusalem, I don’t just point out ruins. Show only churches and archeological sites. I help people to remember the world Yeshua walked, the language He spoke, and the Kingdom He proclaimed.
And today, I want to walk you into one of His most powerful words:
Malkutha — Kingdom.
In Aramaic, Malkutha doesn’t just mean a realm or a place. It’s the reign of Goaad made visible not in walls or palaces, but in the way we live, love, and listen.
When Yeshua stood on the Mount of Olives, just behind me, looking toward the Temple, He wasn’t dreaming of taking back political control. He wasn’t interested in a crown of gold.He was revealing a different kind of kingdom one that starts within you, not on top of the mountain.
Again when I guide pilgrims from the West specially on the mount of olives and when i speak about the kingdom of God and the temple mount and his reign, I often see this difference unfold before my eyes.
The Western mind wants structure. It wants to define the Kingdom where is it? Who’s in charge? What’s the system? It thinks like Rome: build it, measure it, enforce it.
But here in the East in the Semitic world of the Bible we don’t define the Kingdom, we experience it.
I have questions from the pilgrims from the West: “Where is the Kingdom?”In Jerusalem: “Who is the King and is He welcome at your table?” They want answers Now they want to understand and have fact.
Also in the West: “What are the boundaries?”In the East: “What is the relationship?”
Then i answer them from scripture
That’s why in Luke 17:21, Yeshua says:
"The Kingdom of God does not come with observation... behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."
He was speaking like a Galilean rabbi, not a Greek philosopher.He was drawing from the well of intimacy, not institution.
Then i give them this example
As a guide, my life is not about showing people pretty views, it is about bearing witness to the Kingdom in action. When I walk the Via Dolorosa with guests. When I lead prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane. When I share bread with strangers at the Damascus Gate.
That’s Malkutha the Kingdom becoming flesh again in us.
It’s not something we wait for. It’s something we live. And we either reveal it or resist it by how we treat the poor, the enemy, the orphan, and yes, the tourist too.
So today, my friend, whisper the word: Malkutha. Let it roll gently from your tongue like olive oil from a press.
And ask yourself:
“Is the King just a belief in my head? Or is He reigning through my hospitality, my forgiveness, my courage, my joy?”
Here in Jerusalem, we don’t ask where is the Kingdom? We ask: Are you letting it break in, like light through an ancient window? from your home from your heart.
Yeshua’s kingdom is not far it is as close as your next act of love. it is inside you, you do not need to search for it outside or in Jerusalem or in the temple or in any place. It is you! i pray that you are encouraged today and the Aramaic word of the day touched your heart.
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Duración:00:04:10
Aramaic Word of the Day - Ruha
7/3/2025
Welcome to season eleven Aramaic Word of the day As an Israeli guide who’s spent years walking the dusty roads of ancient Galilee and praying beneath the arches of many monasteries, I often pause when I hear Western believers speak of the "Holy Spirit." They say Spirit, and I nod but my heart whispers: Ruḥa
You see, in the Aramaic world of Jesus, Ruḥa isn’t just “spirit” the way the Western, Indo-European mind understands it as something abstract, immaterial, or metaphorical. In the West, shaped by Greek dualism and Enlightenment rationalism, “spirit” is often divorced from breath, body, and movement. It becomes a concept something to analyze, categorize, and sometimes, to doubt.
But in the Semitic world — in Aramaic — Ruḥa is breath. It is wind. It is life itself.
Ruḥa comes from the verb (raḥ) to blow, to exhale, to cause movement. Every time someone in ancient Israel said Ruḥa, they were speaking of something felt the stirring of a breeze across your skin, the warm exhale of a mother over her newborn child, the final sigh of a man at death, and the first gasp of a baby at birth
in the Aramaic mindset, Ruḥa is never separated from action. It’s not a distant, ethereal presence it is the invisible that moves the visible. Like the wind over the Sea of Galilee, it cannot be seen, but its power is always known by what it stirs.
Now compare this with the Western idea. In Indo-European thought take Latin spiritus, or Greek pneuma we begin to move toward abstraction. Spiritus is elevated, intellectual, something more philosophical than personal. The body is often seen as separate or even lesser. But in Semitic thinking, and especially in Aramaic, there is no separation between the breath of God and the life of a human. The two are intertwined. God's Ruḥa animates us moment by moment.
That’s why when Yeshua breathed on His disciples in John 20:22 — “And he breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit” the Aramaic understanding is not metaphorical. It is literal. The breath of the risen one is the Spirit. He didn’t give them a “doctrine of pneumatology.” He gave them His Ruḥa His presence, power, and nearness in breath.
Let me tell you something I’ve learned from standing in the prayer caves of the Judean desert in Qumran. If you quiet your soul enough, you can feel the Ruḥa there not because it’s emotional, but because it’s reeal. The Aramaic word doesn’t ask, “What is the Spirit?” It asks, “Where is the Spirit blowing?” And that question implies a sacred responsibility: to move with it.
Reflect and Breathe My question for you, my friend:Are you walking with the Spirit like an idea, or like a breath? Are you analyzing God or inhaling Him?
My hope is that as you learn the language of Jesus, you learn to breathe again with Him. Slowly. Deeply. Without rush.
Because Ruha is already within you.
All you have to do is listen for the wind.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Part I - Aramaic Targum
6/29/2025
As a teacher and guide to the Bible in its original Middle Eastern setting, I want to invite you into a deeper experience of Scripture one that bridges the Jewish world of Jesus with our world today.
Many believers have heard of the Targum, but few truly know what it is.
🔹 Did you know that the Targum is how most Jews in Jesus’ time first heard the Bible? 🔹 Did you know it doesn’t just translate the Hebrew — it interprets, expands, and even whispers Messianic hopes through Aramaic eyes?
Join me for a live webinar where I will take you into the world of the Targum:
Why it matters for your understanding of the Gospels
How the early Church Fathers viewed it
What Aramaic phrases Yeshua used that echo Targumic traditions
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Duración:00:43:14
✨The Hebrew Bible and Its Ancient Versions✨
6/15/2025
✨ The Hebrew Bible and Its Ancient Versions ✨
Discover the rich tapestry of sacred scripture as it was read, heard, and lived across centuries. From the original Hebrew scrolls to the Aramaic Targums, the Greek Septuagint, and the Syriac Peshitta—each version reveals a unique layer of divine revelation.
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Duración:00:49:51
Twins Tours Israel - Buisness Plan
5/17/2025
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The Role and impact of the Septuagint Translation on Early Christianity
5/9/2025
The Septuagint, the earliest Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, serves as a vital link between Judaism and Christianity. In this presentation, we will explore its origins, significance, and The Beginnings of the Septuagint Translation and Its Significance for Diaspora Judaism and its role on early Christianity.
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Duración:00:26:24
Divine Power in Human Weakness
5/3/2025
In the Aramaic idiom, weakness (ܟܘܪܗܢܐ, kūrḥānā) is not simply about physical or emotional frailty, but often symbolizes the place where human capacity ends and divine intervention begins. The cross—zqīpā ܙܩܝܦܐ—would be seen as the ultimate shameful death, yet Paul redefines it as the seat of ܚܝܠܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ (ḥaylā d'Alāhā), “God’s power.”
In the Semitic worldview, paradox is often embraced—a suffering servant can be victorious, a crucified one can be king. Paul, thinking in Aramaic, is expressing a mystical truth: God reverses expectations. What the world mocks as weakness, God exalts as strength.
The phrase “the word of the cross” (ܡܠܬܐ ܕܙܩܝܦܐ, meltā d'zeqīpā) is folly (ܫܛܝܘܬܐ, shaṭyūtā) to Greeks, but salvation (ܦܘܪܩܢܐ, pūrqānā) to those who believe.
Paul’s logic echoes Hebrew prophetic tradition, where God lifts the lowly (cf. Isaiah 53).
Divine power manifests not in domination, but in kenosis—emptying, humility, and suffering.
Key Insight: Paul is not introducing a new theology but is drawing from Aramaic-Jewish roots: the God of Israel reveals His might not through empire, but through the broken body of the Messiah. In Aramaic thinking, this is not contradiction—it is divine mystery.
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Duración:00:21:28
5 stars Aazon Review
4/28/2025
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The Theology of the Dead Sea scrolls - Introduction
4/25/2025
In this episode you will learn about:
The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered between 1947 in the caves of Qumran near the Dead Sea, are considered the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century. They contain over 900 manuscripts, offering profound insights into Jewish life and scriptural interpretation during the Second Temple period.
The scrolls are attributed to a Jewish sect most likely the Essenes who withdrew from Jerusalem in protest against what they saw as a corrupt priesthood. They settled at Qumran, living in purity and waiting for the apocalyptic end of days. The discovery included stone vessels, ritual baths (mikvaot), and a scriptorium, all indicating a monastic, religious lifestyle deeply rooted in Scripture. There are three important historians that wrote about them:
Philo of Alexandria, Josephus flavious and Pliny the Elder.
Philo of Alexandria mentions that the essenes live in villages, not cities, to avoid moral corruption. They renounce wealth and personal property, living communally, they devote themselves to peace, agriculture, and virtue, rejecting war and slavery.
Josephus flavius had the most information about the essenes, they reject pleasures, value virtue, and live communally without private property, they avoid marriage, live simply, and emphasize purity and ritual cleanliness, they follow strict discipline, practice daily prayers, and eat in sacred silence and their souls are believed to be immortal, and they view the body as a temporary prison.
While Pliny the elder wrote only about the geographical location in his Natural history book and he says that the Essenes live near the Dead Sea, avoiding cities and women, they have no money, only palm trees and simplicity. Not much in details.
Three Categories of Scrolls
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Introduction for The Aramaic Portion of the Book of Daniel
4/22/2025
🗓️ Embark on an enlightening journey with our course, Discover the Book of Daniel - A Hebraic/Aramaic Journey. This program is meticulously designed for believers who are eager to delve deep into the profound teachings and historical context of the Book of Daniel. Through this course, participants will explore the rich Hebraic and Aramaic roots of the text, uncovering layers of meaning that are often overlooked in traditional studies.
6 In-Depth Podcasts – Explore Daniel’s prophetic visions, historical narratives, and theological insights.
Podcast 1 - Chapter 2: The interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the great statue. Podcast 2 - Chapter 3: The story of the fiery furnace and the deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Podcast 3 - Chapter 4: Nebuchadnezzar’s second dream and his period of madness. Podcast 4 - Chapter 5: The writing on the wall during Belshazzar’s feast. Podcast 5 - Chapter 6: Daniel in the lion’s den under King Darius. Podcast 6 - Chapter 7:1-28 – A prophetic vision
The vision of the four beasts and the Ancient of Days, representing future kingdoms and God’s ultimate authority.
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Duración:00:48:22
Ishodad of Merv (mid-9th century) - An Eastern Syriac Bishop
3/31/2025
in this last episode of the early Syriac church fathers we will learn about Ishodad of Merv (mid-9th century) was an East Syriac bishop and biblical commentator known for his scholarly contributions to the Church of the East. His epithet “of Merv” suggests he may have been born in the city of Merv in Central Asia (modern Turkmenistan), though this is not certain. He became the bishop of Ḥdatta (Haditha) in Assyria, near the Great Zab river in what is now northern Iraq, around 837 CE. In 852/853, after the death of Patriarch Abraham II, Ishodad was put forward as a candidate for Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East.
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Duración:00:16:46