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If I am not mistaken isn't son of man (ben adam) a very common term for just saying "someone." For example "One (ben adam) goes to the store). I have come across this term many times in modern Hebrew in normal language. As far as Biblical references I think there is a bit more of an...

For Biblical we are using Lambdin's Introduction to Biblical Hebrew. This book would be terrible for self study, but is the standard for classroom instruction. For modern we are using "Hebrew from Scratch."...

I agree. I would not reccomend this for the beginner. This is for someone who already has a grip on grammar and some experience. I'm a forth semester Modern (2nd Biblical) and it's great to augment my other materials. My main problem though has been the lack of interaction with native...

Just thought I'd pass along a link for everyone who is interested in Modern Hebrew (or other languages). It's a free course created by the US government for the Foreign Service Institute. You can download the PDF book and mp3's for listening. Enjoy! http://www.fsi-language-courses.com/

Research into Arab involvement in the slave trade historically, then look up info on the Arab Muslim Sudanese government enslaving and committing genocide against black African Christians in Southern Sudan TODAY. And it's funny that you don't mention black racism as if it doesn't exist (I’ve...

Understood Tishri. I just want to make sure posters are qualified, in order for clarity. To me there's a vast gulf between an Orthodox Jewish perspective and that of a Reform. I'm going to approach a conversation differently with somebody who believes the Torah entirely (+oral and mystical)...

Is there a stipulation or rule regarding those in this forum who may claim to be Jewish but are not halachically by Orthodox standards (born or convert)? I think it's absolutely disingenuous for anyone including Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, or Messianic to be claiming they are Jews...

First Simchat, Let’s get several things straight. Pomposity scares me not. Secondly you don’t know anything about me so for you to be making ignorant unfounded assumptions about me is perhaps illustrative of your own personal diminutiveness. Kahane used to say, barking dogs never bite. So true...

b Sanh 103a – that you will not have a son or disciple…like Jesus the Nazarene b Ber 17b – that we will not have a son or disciple … like Jesus the Nazarene (some editions with text erased) b Sanh 107b – not as Yehoshua b. Perahya who pushed Jesus the Nazarene away...

Bavli Manuscripts utilized: Firenze II-I-7-9: Ashkenazi, 1177 Oxford Heb. d. 20 (Neubauer-Cowley 2675): Sephardic, Geniza, 13th Century Karlsruhe Reuchlin 2: square Ashkenazi, 13th Century New York JTS Rab. 15: Sephardic, 1291 Vatican ebr. 487/9: square Ashkenazi, 13th Century Vatican ebr. 108...

Again, I'll try to post the citations later this week. I am working full time and going to school full time. In the meantime if you're really that interested just go buy the book.

Wow, I should have waiting to read it completely before posting. Here's what I'll do (later next week). I'll post his citations and criteria for establishing the aforementioned supposition and then we can all discuss in a systematic and respectful manner. A good point was made. If I believed...

Reading the book by Peter Schafer, the director of Judaic Studies at Princeton. Pretty insightful thus far. Anyone else who has read this book? Thoughts?