Restoring the brethren to the Son of Joseph, one day at a time
A couple of weeks ago, Johnny and I interviewed Brian Godawa about his newest novel, Tyrant: Rise of the Beast, and it's non-fictional companion piece, End Times Biblical Prophecy: It's Not What They Told You. Brian takes a preterist stance, meaning that he sees most Biblical prophecy, including the Olivet Discourse, as being fulfilled at or immediately after the …
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A good friend of mine from synagogue just started a new blog and I wanted to show him some love. I think his own introduction says it best: n which a lifelong insomniac, artist, and breakthrough junkie launches a public thought-lab at the behest of several friends. History will be recovered. Food critiqued. Books reviewed. Art created. Stories told. Ideas …
This is a post I've literally wanted to write for years, ever since I was first introduced to Dr. Michael Heiser's work on his first A View From the Bunker interview with Derek Gilbert. I've spent the last six years gleefully stalking the good Doctor, reading everything that he's published online (particularly on TheDivineCouncil.com), several …
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I have to confess, when I first heard the title of this book, my assumption was that it was going to be yet another Christian attack on the laws of kashrut. I couldn't have been more wrong, and I'm extremely grateful to a good friend who gifted me with a copy of this book. The author, …
I've been meaning for a while to do a few book reviews on this blog, but work on "The Curse of the Law" series--which has actually required me to back up and write prequels to the original blog post--has joined forces with my newborn baby girl and very typically two-year-old son to keep me from spending as …
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I'm going to take a bit of a break from picking on other people's translation choices that I don't like to talk about some of the scholars I do like. Those who followed my morning teachings over at Cyber-Synagogue (mine were updated weekly for the morning service until we decided to combine services) know that …
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The Return of Benjamin 