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HEBREW GOSPELS
from Sepharad
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HEBREW GOSPELS
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2021/07/21 – Video Released!
14. Does the Name Yahweh derive from the pagan idol Jupiter?
Nehemia Gordon teaches that people who pray to Yahweh are actually praying to Jupiter! This is very disturbing to anyone who uses the pronunciation 'Yahweh'.
Nehemia Gordon claims to have discovered new information which is supposed to clearly prove that 'Yahweh' derives from Jupiter. By purporting that Yahweh is the name of a pagan idol, Nehemia has convinced thousands of people to stop using the pronunciation Yahweh and to use Yehovah instead.
Furthermore, scholars have been confused by the fact that many pagan cultures preserve names which are similar to Yahweh, Yah, and Yahu. This has led to numerous inaccurate claims that the Name YHWH derives from some pagan deity.
But is there any real evidence to prove that Yahweh derives from Jupiter? This is the topic of video 14! We will investigate the claims of Nehemia Gordon regarding Theodoret, Wilhelm Gesenius, and especially the Samaritans who supposedly never pronounced the Name YHWH and only worshiped Jupiter.
Shalom in Yeshua Mashiach, The Van Rensburg family
2021/05/21 – Video Released!
13. The true Pronunciation of the Creator's Name, based on the Masoretic Text (Part B)
There is so much confusion about the true pronunciation of the Creator's name יהוה. Many people feel hopeless and think we will never know the true Name. However, in Part A of this study (Video 12) it was proven that the shortened forms of the Name and especially 'Yahu', have their genuine vowels, preserved by the Masoretes (and not replaced by Ketiv Qere).
This contraction 'Yahu' has been used since before the first temple period in names such as NetanYahu, YirmeYahu, BenaYahu, etc. The good news is, if we understand Biblical Hebrew grammar and the direct contraction 'Yahu', there is no uncertainty about any part of the full Name יהוה!
In this video we also evaluate the claims of Nehemia Gordon, who teaches that the Qamets ('a') in Yah becomes a Shewa ('e') in the 'name' Yehovah. To support this claim, Nehemia Gordon quotes Rabbi Shadal (Samuel David Luzzato), who taught that the Name יהוה is a combination of Yah + Hovah (destruction)!
Apart from refuting these and other false claims about the Name יהוה, the correct pronunciation of the Name is explained, one step and one vowel at a time, using solid evidence from the Hebrew Bible alone. No pagan sources. No Kabbalah nonsense. No Greek or Latin sources. Just the authentic contraction 'Yahu' + Hebrew grammar as found in the Masoretic Text.
Shalom in Yeshua Mashiach, The Van Rensburg family
2021/04/16 – Translation Released!
We are excited to share with you the first ever English translation of an authentic Hebrew manuscript of John!
Download your free copy at www.HebrewGospels.com/john
Can we learn anything from this Hebrew Gospel of John? Absolutely! In the introduction to the translation, we discuss the following topics:
John 1:1 – Does the Gospel of John describe Yeshua as the Word or the Son?
John 1:11-12 – Does the Gospel of John teach replacement theology?
John 1:14 – Was the Gospel of John originally written to the Jews or the Gentiles?
John 1:14 – Is Yeshua Elohim, based on the Hebrew Gospel of John?
John 11:2 – Was the Gospel of John originally written in Greek or Hebrew?
John 19:39-40 – Why would the women come back to anoint Yeshua's body three days after Nicodemus had already done that!?
Go to www.HebrewGospels.com/john to find out!
Blessings in Yeshua Mashiach, the Van Rensburg family
2021/03/19 – Video Released!
12. The true Pronunciation of the Creator's Name, based on the Masoretic Text (Part A)
The correct pronunciation of יהוה is a very important topic.
First of all, we need to understand that the Masoretic scribes never wrote the true vowels on the full Name יהוה. Instead, they placed the vowels of Adonai and Elohim on the Name יהוה and this resulted in the two gibberish 'names' Yehovih and Yehovah.
At this point many people feel hopeless and think we will never know the true Name. Some study Greek transliterations, some investigate Samaritan sources, and others think the answer can be found amongst Akkadian, Ethiopic, or Egyptian sources.
However, what most people don't realize is that the answer to the correct pronunciation of the Name is not found in some foreign language, or mystic document. Instead, it may be gleaned from the official Hebrew Bible, the Masoretic Text! Not by looking at the dummy vowels on the full Name יהוה, but rather by studying the shortened forms Yah, Yahu and Yeho, which have their genuine vowels, preserved by the Masoretes (and not replaced by Ketiv Qere).
How do we know that these shortened forms have their true vowels on them? How do we know that they are really shortened forms of the true Name?
Together with the shortened forms, we also need to understand the Hebrew root word from which the Name יהוה is formed.
Once we understand the above issues, we can start using the shortened forms plus Hebrew grammar to reclaim the original pronunciation of the Name יהוה.
E.g. does the short form Yah indicate the first vowel in the full Name יהוה?
Watch video 12 to find out!
Shalom in Yeshua Mashiach, The Van Rensburg family
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