![]() What is a rock and how does it apply to God? To us it may mean solid, heavy or hard but the cultural meaning of the word tsur is a high place in the rocks where one runs to for refuge and defense, a place of salvation. A Biblical example of this can be found in the Hebrew word tsur which is translated as a rock - "He only is my rock and my salvation, he is my defence I shall not be greatly moved" (Psalm 62:2, KJV). When the text is read by a culture different from the one it is written in, it loses its cultural context. The problem is compounded by the fact that a language is tied to the culture that uses that language. Reading a translation of any book is just not the same as reading it in its original language and is adequately stated in the phrase "lost in the translation." Whenever a text is translated from one language to another it loses some of its flavor and substance. Evans Includes 20+ pages of high-quality color photos Walks readers through the various works of ancient literature, both biblical and non-biblical, that mention Jesus Critically analyzes important texts and quotations in their original languages and engages the current scholarly discussion Key points and features: Written by popular author and Bible scholar Craig A. Evans argues that the evidence suggests that most of these autographs remained available for copying and study for more than one hundred years and thus stabilized the text. Of special interest is the question of how long the autographs of New Testament writings remained in circulation. He also argues that Secret Mark, like the recently published Gospel of Jesus’ Wife, is probably a modern forgery. Evans argues that the Gospel of Thomas is not early or independent of the New Testament Gospels but that it should be dated to the late second century. This book critically analyzes important texts and quotations in their original languages and engages the current scholarly discussion. This diverse literature includes the familiar Gospels of the New Testament, the much less familiar literature of the Rabbis and of the Qur’an, and the extracanonical narratives and brief snippets of material found in fragments and inscriptions. Evans, introduces readers to the diversity and complexity of the ancient literature that records the words and deeds of Jesus. ![]() Jesus and the Manuscripts, by popular author and Bible scholar Craig A. (c) 2015 Eternal Light & Power Company Publishing YahBible.Com Dan also appears on weekly broadcasts of FAITH RADIO heard on AM and FM stations world wide or at his online fellowship for Messianic Jews and Christians. Dr Dan shows how Roman influences effected even Judaism in Europe which exposes what practices are truly from the first century Faith of Yahshua and his followers. Cover photo of Arch of Titus circa 70AD when the remnants of the tribes of Israel were taken captive to Rome along with the temple treasures and the Hebrew books and translations which disappeared and were replaced by only Greek texts which consist of most of the translated texts of the modern Bible. ![]() Shem Tov wrote his translation during the Inquisitions to debate for liberty to stay in Spain and remain Jewish there without persecution. The Hebrew perspective of the roots of the Faith first begun in First Century Jerusalem lends the reader a new point of view on what truly the man Yahshua Messiah (Jesus) was teaching and how events actually happened. This version of the rarely known Hebrew version of the Gospel of Matthew using the Spanish and Hebrew texts along with in depth study of the contextual structure of the book dating to 1380 CE having been copied from the only surviving copy of any Hebrew language Gospel. Daniel Merrick PhD has authored several translations including the Yahuah Bible and The Wisdom of Solomon in restored sacred name versions.
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