Hebrews [letter sent to], a commentary by a trained pastor, by n. tal
about the author: N. Tal teaches many topics. His major training was the christian evangelical tradition, which civilization worldwide, in many countries, embraces as a direction for life and faith as well as for interpretation and application of ancient texts.
Although educated in a jewish family, and in the ultra-orthodox jewish schools, mr. tal searched and studied many religions, while dwelling in Israel, the holy land, and compared them until choosing from the worlds popular religions, the most precise and refined match: as above. Althoe born in u.s., he moved to Israel kuz his family ancestry is rooted in the jews of israel and judea until recent generations in u.s. In israel, a country where various ethnicities, cultures and faiths co-exist, with the occasional tragedy of bombs on busses... we all know which religion teaches that method, he made effort to "taste" several versions of christianity and judaism which deductively pointed back to evangelical.
The guidance team at a certain church trained him via lessons and guidance until they decided he was worthy of the title "pastor". after that, same as with judaism, he relied on his authority and on their opinion that "he is worthy to teach" indicating they saw he correctly imterprets, for branching away from the system of his trainers, in a few details, while the frame is the evangelical as above. This had also occurred when ultra-orthodox rabbis approved him to be a rabbi for teaching, then he/i branched away in certain details.
He started teaching religious books at the young age 14, around the year 1990, when rabbis decided he was worthy of teaching reliably, because he correctly understood the jewish books... which led him away from the ultra-orthodox customs and practices which sometimes differ from the contents of the traditional books. First tutoring 8th grade students and later teaching groups of students who requested to hear him teach. When they enjoyed his summaries and comments they requested more lessons after enjoying the sample lessons that attracted students in u.s.
Around the year 2000 he taught a sample lesson to a group of adults in israel, who arranged more group lessons to hear his summaries of religious texts. both students and rabbis and later pastors too, agreed he was worthy to teach... more important than "attracting" many students from various countries is the fact that leaders approved him... until he "dared to emphasize" certain sources that grated on their familiar faiths. however, such controversial conclusions will not be included here due to the focus on the contents of the book hebrews
He has taught his unique "conclusions" which are simply emphasis on certain sources, to many adults, who often prefer their familiar teachings over the book contents, for example a certain quote in book ephesians, that grates on the familiar faith of leaders in both christians and messianic-jews who cant bear to accept that quote. their rejection of that message, a quotation from book ephesians, led some of those leaders to expel him from several organizations and churches to prevent their students hearing the emphasis on that "troublesome" quote from ephesians. This has effectively prevented the spread of such emphasis to more students.
in one instance of a "seemingly contradictory pair" of verses tal seekd guidance from a pastor of the evangelical tradition to seek a spiritual solution... which the pastor taught. when tal performd that method, and when the conclusion was not acceptable to the pastor, tal pointed out "you guided me in that spiritual method which you claimed is proper". however, such controversial conclusions will not be included here due to the focus on the contents of the book hebrews.
intro: the bible book/letter of hebrews was not included in the ancient christian lists of bible books. three lists that agreed to include letters from Paul also agreed not to include hebrews. althoe that indicates that the book is not a priority, still we must consider that those lists were for the nations. in other words, the lists were for gentiles and that is the reason they agreed not to include the book whose audience was for hebrews. instead listing messages by paul who WAS sent to the nations.
later generations included the book that was for hebrew audience. so that could explain the reason a message to hebrews was not included in those christian lists.
i claim Jesus himself wrote and authored the book hebrews about himself, based on the hints he spoke in the gospels that "he came for the jew first" and as indicated by the event when jesus hesitated before teaching the samaritan woman. so he probably wrote a message to hebrews, and this is it. for modesty wrote about himself as if he were not the author, not writing "me". others claim luke wrote it but luke was not sent to the hebrews in the way paul was sent to the nations. also the first verse indicates that a jew wrote it so it was probably written by yesua jesus himself not by luke or any gentile.
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chapter 1:1 Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις.
synonyms:
Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως, At various times and in various manners,
πάλαι ὁ θεὸς, God, in time past,
λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν, spoke to our fore-fathers
ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, by prophets.
vowels:
greek has more vowels than english and the ANCIENT sounds were preserved in encyclopedia.
in contrast to english a called "ay" like bay, lane drain, that has two sounds one same as its name and another sounds like back, bad the first of these sounds is a different letter in greek.
the vowel sound in "bob, odd, pa, father, card" one same sound is the greek letter a=α
the vowel sound in "bay, day, babe, paid" one same sound, is the greek e=ε for example θεὸς, using the 5th letter. i was surprised that the ancient hebrews pronounced the name of "noah" with the sound of this vowel "ay" as preserved in josephus and as explained by one of the doctors in University of haifa. see endnote of this section.
the vowel sound in "bed, bet" is the greek seventh letter with several shapes. internet shape is a stretched n=ή with that sound. the shape in encyclopedia differs but it is 7th letter and the symbol for its sound specified "bed, bet, egg", differs from the same shape in english dictionary symbol for a different sound.
the vowel sound "bit, it bib" is the greek i, 9th letter, for example kai meaning and "ko+i" the same sound as "bib, it , bit".
the vowel sound in "boat, both, bode, sofa" is the greek 15th letter o in this verse "poly" differs from english "poly" sound but the letter indicates this sound "pole".
the vowel sound in "due, dude, do, too" one same sound is greek 20th letter υ. in this verse "lu=loo". same sound as loot.
the vowel sound "all, ball, saw, soft" one same sound is the greek 24th letter. josephus preserved that the original jews used this sound in the biblical name "noah" originally pronounced "by us naw-ay". i have searched and found that several groups of jews all have differing sounds and none preserve the original except me and only for biblical reading for biblical hebrew but not for modern hebrew pronunciation which differs.
this concludes the vowels however greeks did have the sound of "h" we know greeks had words for sun "helio" the name itself "hellenism" yet i was foold by rabbi liars that greeks have no sound for h and no letter h... i faild to notince until letters that hyrdro etc. are greek and the symbol ' two points toward the right is the sound h that greeks did have. they said the misleading trick no "letter to prove no sound" to fool me when the greeks must have had the sound for hellenism ! and hydrogen etc. so i must make effort to distinguish that greek had sound in words such as "helles, hram" despite using a symbol but no "character" letter. such deception is disgusting and rabbis use deception very frequently so we must avoid them even when they speak half-truths it is deception.
note: regarding the biblical name noah, despite the 8 letter in the hebrew letters, greek did not use its 8 letter, t, insted josephus preserved the sound that ancient hebrews spoke and heard. this differs from the sound that rabbis taught me for biblical hebrew and differs from modern hebrew and from several jewish customs that i made effort to compare and ask around. in "original" ancient hebrew the 8th hebrew letter was "only vowel" same as the first and "other hebrew letters in the same group" maybe h is an exception or maybe all four the same named aleph, hey, het, ayin same sound with perhaps one exception. hebrew a is only vowel sound with each of various vowels. hebrew h is only vowel sound at end of word as last letter and same at start of word for example truly "ab-el" despite no proof from josephus, whether first or last letter. when within the word maybe exception adding h but more likely y same only added vowel sound or possibly silent same as aleph within the word "laymar". the 8th letter in contrast to the sound that rabbis taught me was always "only vowel" as josephus preserved the ancient pronunciation with the vowel he preserved which is the sound in "lane drain". similarly the hebrew letter ayin the 16 letter is only vowel sound same as first and 8th aleph and het as rabbi david radak preserved by grouping.
sounds:
Πολυμερῶς=pole+oo+may+raws=po+loo+may+raws
καὶ=ko+i [as above sounds in pa and it]
πολυτρόπως=pole+oo+tro+paws
πάλαι=pa+la+i [sound pa=pop, it]
ὁ =oh
θεὸς =tay+ose
λαλήσας =la+les+as [not english "as" but sound russian da same as bob]
τοῖς =toe+is
πατράσιν =pot+ros+in
ἐν =ayn
τοῖς =toe+is
προφήταις=pro+pet+a+is
details: Πολυμερῶς=πολυμερῶς, pole-oo-may-raws, as explained above. now i add clarification: the first vowel is the sound of "toe, sofa, owe" which differs from the english parallel poly-polygon, polymer. in this word the sound is "pole". a second greek letter is also translated with the english o due to the few vowels in english only five vowels a,e,i,o,u while english o has two sounds one as above pole and the other "top" in contrast greek has two shapes in the set translated with o but their sound differs. the second in this set has the sound "soft saw raw" so in this word the final vowel is like "raw". the symbol to preserve that sound "saw," the letter o with a line differs from the same english symbol for a different sound.
the second vowel sometimes shaped as "y" differs from english poly. the sound is like "boot, due" but leaning toward french "du" which preserves the greek roots of latin, so this word "loo".
the third vowel has the sound "ay" same sound as "bay, day" which differs from the english letter e in the word bed. similarly english also differs for "th" the word theology sounds differ in contrast to greek has the vowel symbol letter in theos with the sound "ay" as in day or bay. "may" in this word and "tay" in the following word: θεὸς, its first letter sounds like the first letter in the word "top" t with an added breath, hence the added letter h in translations yet differs from the english sound "th" due to the "h" changing the t to a new sound, in contrast greek does not lose the t sound. its vowel is the sound "ay" so "tay" which differs from the english vowel e.
a different shape or symbol or letter has the sound of english "e" in the word λαλήσας, la-les-as, the first vowel is the sound of the vowel "cot" same as "pa or father" as preserved in russian "da", but the second vowel sounds same as the vowel in "met or let" hence "les" that differs from the sound with the same transliteration in polymeros. another difference is that when preserving the greek sound the e with a line differs from english same symbol. that e with a line in english is the sound when the e is paired with another vowel the sound in bee but when preserving greek that sae symbol is the sound in "bed". we know english has two sounds for e, the sound in bee and the sound for bed however greek has two letters translated with the letter e, but not with those sounds, one for the sound bed and the other with sound "ay" which in english we write "a" for eample "ace, lace bay". greek lacks sound of "bee". another difference is that english has a unique sound for letter a in addition to "bay" for example "bat, at" but greek lacks that sound as above. also the letter i in english has two sounds "I" same as "eye or like" which greek likes even "kai" sounds different, in contrast the greek i has the sound of english i in the word "bit or bib".
another vowel "o" is used in english for two letters in greek. one greek letter preserves the sound same as the sound "toe, sofa, owe" but the other is the sound "soft saw fault".
now we can say this word "pole-oo-may-raw-s", Πολυμερῶς
2, and=καὶ=ί=ko-i, in various manners, πολυτρόπως pole+oo+tropaws.
note: sound of kai like the vowel in pop and russian "da" same as "card" as heard in some regions and in dictionaries, plus sound "bit" ko-i.
in time past, πάλαι , pa-la-i sound: like russian da and english pa same sound as pop and fath-er+bit
ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς , God spoke, oh tay+ohs la+les+os toe+is, the symbol tay like "top" has a small breath added in contrast to quicker word "stop".
to fathers, πατράσ ιν=pot+ros+in, [root: πατήρ, pot+eh+r] note: the symbol e with line for sounding greek ē differs from dictionary symbol instead the sound in greek is same as in "bed egg bet".
by, ἐν ayn
to prophets, προφήταις , [root προφήτης], pro+pet+a+is, sound first p is sound "spin" like english but faster than second p adding breath same as "pin" source greek in encyclopedia. this differs from english when the letter h replaces the sound p with a different sound instead the p sound remains but a quick breath is added like the "sound pin that slightly differ from spin."
practice: 1:1 πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις
PURPORT
purport: God sent messages via prophets to our forefathers. god was active not ignoring human suffering not abandoning humans to religious leaders who often speak deception. We need these messages because our lives are filled by events that stimulate frustration and even anger. we need guidance to react properly because we see the tragic reactions when people respond to events that "differ from their hope" they perform actions or speak words which SPREAD the suffering and misery. how can we reach internal peace?
Some of the messages can guide us to use skill in our interactions for example the letters by Paul.
if you seek internal peace, and desire, despite dwelling among others who differ from yourself, to interact with harmony, same as various instruments and differing sounds blend together in a pleasant harmony. we must avoid the two extremes when every instrument echoes the same tone, that is less beautiful than a blend, and in human interactions we must admit that differing opinions exist. yet when instruments try to blend sounds sometimes a sound that would be pleasant if alone gets combined with other sounds that do not belong together and that is not harmony. so we seek harmony despite the differences. when we interact with other people we will not "all agree" in one opinion, so how do we find harmony among the different combinations?
if we lacked food and water then our hunger would guide us to seek food. Society is arranged that basic needs, such as the animal needs common to humans are accessible so we can apply efforts to solving problems mentally and that leads to conflicts. how should we properly respond to conflicts? when we lack internal peace, and we cant find harmony with the people we interact with, this can lead to misery inside. we have felt "agitation, or irritation" due to lack of harmony.
the method to solve arguments is "reliable quality sources" not by claims, nor "debate methods" that only win debates but sadly avoid "true conclusions" onnly presenting two sides. yet even applying the solution of "quality source" then we argue which is quality source? subjectively ridculing good sources to win a debate or subjectively claiming that a "strong" argument in the category of inconclusive "morelikely" is not strong, just to win a debate. Worse than one person suffering from misery when things are "done wrong", is the spreading of misery to others. we have all experienced the domino effect when a person feels negative emotion, the opposite of joy, that persons words and actions often spread misery to other people. worse than one person miserable is when the misery spreads to more people around them, "permeating any group" via words and actions until many people are miserable due to those words or actions. if this repeats the misery can even intensify. leading to angry arguments and emotional strain and suffering which although do not wound nor injure are far from inner peace. i emphasise a wound or injury is a measurable harm a real damage that is more important to avoid. still when people seek inner peace the stimuli in events ruin that goal so we must learn the skill to react.
each person can learn how to "react" to events so that "you" dear reader will not be the one spreading the misery to others. you can also learn how you can react when other people, admittedly beyond your control, are spreading the misery... if you learn the art and the skill then you can react differently.
How can we acheive the goal: inner peace? we can control our reactions. Despite the fact that external causes and stimuli are often beyond our control, still our reactions are our choice and we can learn the skill or art to stay calm and avoid angry arguments with other people whether marriage partners or co-workers. i emphasize the connection between the verse about prophecy and the goal of inner peace by citing the example that jesus taught the importance of avoiding anger. s we must learn the skill not to react with anger... somehow. and as i will demostrate.
We know our nature is to seek friendship and social interaction instead of preferring isolation, not only for the need of functioning society but for our nature, yet these interactions often lead to anger when we deal with differing opinions about various issues. often the authority to decide is not our own, so we can separate from the decision process and when we think a different method is better and they reject our suggestion, we ought to consider that if they do not accept our suggestion, then we dont need to try and influence the decision, because it is beyond our control therefore calming our inner selves while avoiding angry arguments. in contrast when we have the authority to decide then we dont need to convince the other people and in both cases calm our inner mind while avoiding angry arguments despite differing opinions. we can distinguuish between important issues such as health issues i mean health hazard and injury wounds and similar physical dangers, in contrast to smaller issues such as the "prefferable manner" to prepare food. anything less important than health hazard is not worth arguing. good communication would be to suggest and then when the one doing the action rejects the suggestion realizing the oneperforming the action ha control and separating from the decision. another example if one spouse believes smoking meaning inhaling tobacco smoke, is a health hazard while the other is addicted to smoking that health hazard is worth a discussion but without anger. When we feel anger we can recall the teaching of Jesus about avoiding anger. i hope other religions teach that too although i cannot think of such a source in the moses part nor in quran to switch from anger to dialog. the method is to consider if the issue is important such as a recognized health hazard or less important and therefore not worth our emotion. and as above considering if YOU dear reader have control or beyond our control. if a spouse continues such hazardous behavior, for example smoking, then the couple ought to live separately in different locations which does cause greater expense in money yet we know that lung cancer is worse than extra rent payments. jesus taught not to divorce breaking a marriage sometimes live separately without freeing to another spouse until a spouse dies. anyway, most other issues are less important than health hazard, and we can calm ourselves by thinking "this is not important and we can let them choose because no harm, meaning health hazard, either way" and by this method calm ourselves inside while avoiding angry conflicts. those who have the books of paul and messages from jesus have an advantage over those faiths that reject the new testament, who only have moses book or quran. anyway, when others act improperly we can choose to be the ones who do not spread misery. there are numerous possibilities so we need guidance from prophecy which loops back to verse one that God was active to send messages for guidance.
2, to be continued
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