Halloween

Today - October 31st - is Halloween.  A day when many children dress up as goblins, witches, and other horrid things and go about getting treats from strangers (although this practice is becoming dangerous). What is the origin of Halloween? Here is an interesting article on the subject: Few pagan festivals have a history as …

Mystery Blogger Award

Almost a month ago now, Thony from https://markanthonyswall.wordpress.com nominated me for the Mystery Blogger Award.  Thanks, Thony! https://markanthonyswall.wordpress.com/2018/10/04/mystery-blogger-award/ OK, so it's not a direct nomination.  It's an open nomination for anyone reading it.  (I normally don't respond to those - unless I'm already a follower when it's posted, which I was in this case.) This …

Restored English Translation of Genesis: Chapter 20

G'day, and welcome to another installment of the Restored English Translation (RET) of the Bible, which I am working on.  Today, I present Beresheet (Genesis) chapter 20.  As usual, it contains the Hebrew names, with a glossary of them afterwards.  At the very end is a list of where the Aleph Tavs occur, as they …

The Canon of Scripture, Part 5: The Other Books of Enoch

It's been a while since I've last published a Canon of Scripture article.  For those who haven't read them, here are the 4 previous ones: The Apocrypha Enoch and Jubilees Jasher The Other Books of Baruch OK, so now that we're up to date, let's look at 3 more books not included in out Protestant …

Feast Calendar

Here is my Feast calendar for the next year - containing the dates I will be celebrating the Biblical feasts, for those interested. Yom Teruah - Feast of Trumpets - evening of Friday 28th September to evening of 29th September 2018 (timezones east of Jerusalem); evening of Thursday 27th September to Friday 28th September 2018 …

Restored English Translation of Genesis: Chapter 19

Here is the Restored English Translation (RET) of the 19th chapter of Beresheet, known in English as Genesis.  As usual, it contains the Hebrew names, with a glossary of them at the end.  Also included at the end is a list of where the Aleph/Tavs occur (as they are not included in the main text). …

Sukkot – Feast of Tabernacles

Shabbat shalom!  Today - Saturday, October 13th, 2018 - is the first day of Sukkot, otherwise known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths (which is one of the Torah feasts and still applies).  It is described in Leviticus 23: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the …