Hebrew Voices #148 – Looking Under the Hood of a Torah Scroll: Part 1

October 26, 2022

In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Looking Under the Hood of a Torah Scroll: Part 1, Nehemia and research assistant Nelson Calvillo launch a series on the oldest (nearly) complete surviving Torah. They unpack Nehemia’s lecture at the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem presented to the top scholars in the field of Biblical Studies. In part 1, they discuss the background of the scroll and its significance, the ways in which it’s been damaged and preserved, and the marks and lines the scribes used to write it.

I look forward to reading your comments!

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Comments

Terri TomNovember 12, 2022 at 12:56 AM

“Dr. Gordon,” doesn’t that have a nice ring to it? It does! I’m so happy for you. But…you need to sleep, Nehemia. You’re not getting enough sleep. The circles around your eyes worry me. I realize that I’m writing this at almost 2 in the morning but it’s Sabbath and I’m enjoying my time watching Bible videos. I’ll go to bed shortly (I don’t have to be at church until after 10) but I just now clicked on this video and the longer I watched, the more worried I became; so, I wanted to say something because you hold a very special place in our hearts!! A very very dear place.

Erin McFarlinNovember 11, 2022 at 9:09 AM

Thank you Nehemia for all your earnest work you share. It helps me to learn from a new level of the Scriptural meaning.