In this Support Team Study - Ginsburg's Lost Masorah: Part 2, Nehemia and Dr. David Moster keep the discoveries coming; two more mystery manuscripts identified; a medieval Spanish Bible resurfaces from a Met exhibit. Then, a detail hiding in the ink that nobody saw coming: Ginsburg left his thumbprint behind. In multiple colors.
Watch the Sneak Peek of Ginsburg's Lost Masorah: Part 2, where Nehemia and Dr. David Moster keep the discoveries coming; two more mystery manuscripts identified; a medieval Spanish Bible resurfaces from a Met exhibit. Then, a detail hiding in the ink that nobody saw coming: Ginsburg left his thumbprint behind. In multiple colors.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #249 - Ginsburg's Lost Masorah: Part 1, Nehemia Gordon sits down with Dr. David Moster, Director of the Biblical Hebrew Program at the Jewish Theological Seminary, to trace the remarkable detective story behind his peer-reviewed article "A Chance Discovery." Together they unpack the world of Christian David Ginsburg, who became the unlikely founder of modern Masoretic studies, and reveal how a four-volume, 2,500-page monument of biblical scholarship turned out to be hiding a secret in plain sight!
In this Support Team Study - Midrash for the Modern Day: Part 2, Nehemia continues his discussion with Dr. Stephen Arnoff about how midrash can be compared to modern events, used in Christianity and Islam, and leveraged for both good and evil
Watch the Sneak Peek of this Support Team Study - Midrash for the Modern Day: Part 2. Nehemia continues his discussion with Dr. Stephen Arnoff about how midrash can be compared to modern events, used in Christianity and Islam, and leveraged for both good and evil.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #248 - Midrash for the Modern Day: Part 1, Nehemia brings on Dr. Stephen Arnoff to talk about the art of midrashic interpretation, how the “secret sauce” works, and why it exists in the first place.
In this Support Team Study: Talmudic Judaism & the New Testament -Then and Now, Nehemia and Prof. Lawrence Schiffman discuss the importance of the New Testament as a witness to Jewish history, as well as how the Talmud has been abused against the Jewish people.
Watch the Sneak Peek of this Support Team Study: Talmudic Judaism & the New Testament, where Nehemia and Prof. Lawrence Schiffman discuss the importance of the New Testament as a witness to Jewish history, as well as how the Talmud has been abused against the Jewish people.
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #247 - Dead Sea Scrolls & the War of Light vs. Darkness, Nehemia sits down with Professor Lawrence Schiffman, NYU's leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, to explore the sectarian battles that gave rise to these mysterious texts. From the War Scroll's apocalyptic vision to Sadducean and Pharisaic clashes over control of the Temple itself, they uncover what the scrolls reveal about ancient Judaism, drawing surprising parallels to today's Middle East conflicts.
