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C O N T E N T S THE TRANSLATOR TO THE READER p. vii

TORAH

BERESHIS (GENESIS) [GN] p.1

SHEMOT (EXODUS) [EX] p. 52

VAYIKRA (LEVITICUS) [[LV] p.94

BAMIDBAR (NUMBERS) [NUM] p.127

DEVARIM (DEUTERONOMY) [DT] p.171

NEVI'IM

YEHOSHUA (JOSHUA) [JOSH] p. 209

SHOFETIM (JUDGES) [JUDG] p. 233

SHMUEL ALEF (I SAMUEL) [1SM] p. 256

SHMUEL BAIS (II SAMUEL) [2SM] p. 291

MELACHIM ALEF (I KINGS) [1KGS] p. 317

MELACHIM BAIS (II KINGS) [2KGS] p. 349

YESHAYAH (ISAIAH) [ISA] p. 378

YIRMEYAH (JEREMIAH) [JER] p. 431

YECHEZKEL (EZEKIEL) [EZEK] p. 487

HOSHEA (HOSEA) [HOS] p. 538

YOEL (JOEL) p. 545

AMOS [AM] p. 548

OVADYAH (OBADIAH) [OB] p.553

YONAH (JONAH) [JON] p.554

MICHOH (MICAH) [MIC] p. 556

NACHUM [NAH] p.560

CHABAKUK (HABAKKUK) [HAB] p.562

TZEFANYAH (ZEPHANIAH) [ZEPH] p. 564

CHAGGAI (HAGGAI) [HAG] p. 567

ZECHARYAH (ZECHARIAH) [ZECH] p.568

MALACHI [MAL] p.577

KETUVIM

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) [PS] p. 579

MISHLE (PROVERBS) [PROV] p. 644

IYOV (JOB) p. 668

SHIR HASHIRIM (SONG OF SONGS) [SONG] p. 695

RUTH [RUTH] p.700

EKHAH (LAMENTATIONS) [LAM] p.706

KOHELET (ECCLESIASTES) [KOH] p.712

ESTHER [ESTH] p.721

DANIEL [DAN] p.730

EZRA [EZRA] p.746

NECHEMYAH (NEHEMIAH) [NEH] p. 755

DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF (I CHRONICLES) [1CHR] p.769

DIVREY HAYAMIM BAIS (II CHRONICLES) [2CHR] p. 797

BRIT CHADASHA

THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO MATTITYAHU [MT] p.833

THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO MARKOS [MK] p.870

THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO LUKAS [LK] p. 894

THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO YOCHANAN [YN] p. 935

GEVUROT MEYRUACH HAKODESH (ACTS) [AC] p. 966

MOSHIACHS LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHAUL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN ROME [RO] p. 1005

MOSHIACHS LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHAUL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN CORINTH (I) [1C] p. 1023

MOSHIACHS LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHAUL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN CORINTH (II) [2C] p. 1040

MOSHIACHS LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHAUL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN GALATIA [GA] p. 1051

MOSHIACHS LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHAUL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN EPHESUS [EP] p.1057

MOSHIACHS LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHAUL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN PHILIPPI [PP] p. 1063

MOSHIACHS LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHAUL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN COLOSSAE [CO] p. 1067

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH INTHESSALONIKA (I) [1TH] p. 1071

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH INTHESSALONIKA (II) [2TH] p. 1075

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO TIMOTIYOS (I) [1TI] p. 1077

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO TIMOTIYOS (II) [2TI] p. 1081

MOSHIACHS LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHAUL TO TITOS [TI] p. 1084

MOSHIACHS LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHAUL TO PHILEMON [PM] p. 1086

MOSHIACH'S LETTER TO THE MA'AMINIM HAMESHICHIYIM FROM AMONG THE YEHUDIM [MJ] p.1087

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH YA'AKOV TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH [YA] p. 1099

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHIMON KEFA TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH (I) [1K] p. 1104

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHIMON KEFA TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH (II) [2K] p. 1109

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH YOCHANAN TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH (I)[1Y] p. 1112

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH YOCHANAN TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH(II) [2Y] p. 1116

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH YOCHANAN TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH(III) [3Y] p. 1117

MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH YEHUDA,THE BROTHER OF THE SHLIACH YA'AKOV, TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH [YD] p. 1118

HISGALUS (REV) [RV] p. 1119

GLOSSARY p. 1141

NOTES ON THE TORAH OF THE OJB p. 1208

OJB INDEX p. 1221

OUR MOSHIACH IN THE PRAYERBOOK, p.1226-1228

SOME IMPORTANT RABBINIC QUOTATIONS AND SOURCES p. 1228

WHO IS MOSHIACH? p. 1228

THE JEWISH CALENDAR AND THE OJB p. 1230

MESSIANIC BAR MITZVAH p. 1231-1232

ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS

cf compare f and following i.e., [Latin] id est, that is T.N. Translators Note

sensus literalis (literal sense, i.e., this translation looks for a word-for-word, literal translation, leaving verb tenses, etc unvarnished, from the original language without the use of non-frum idioms which are by no means necessary in any case, since the original is the fount of Orthodoxy, leaving all else sadly not orthodox enoughsee Gevurot MeyRuach Hakodesh 21:19-26)

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are using "lad" and "boy" in some synonymous fashion and it is only our tendentious bias that would have us try to make some vast distinction between the terms. In Genesis chapter 24, Rivkah (Rebekah) is called an "almah" and in the same breath she is also called a "betulah," showing some kind of interchangeable connection between the words. In our illustration, the semantic freight which both "lad" and "boy" carry is youth and also maleness, making it possible to use the terms "lad" and "boy" of the same person interchangeably. One could not seriously, for example, use the term "geezer" (elderly eccentric man) and "lad" interchangeably of the same person, and one could not use the Biblical Hebrew word "zonah" (a non-virgin harlot, prostitute) and "betulah" of the same personinterchangeably (the Hebrew Bible never uses zonah and almah regarding the same person); but the Hebrew Bible does in fact use "almah" and "betulah" in Genesis 24:43 and Genesis 24:16 of the same person (Rebekah) because both terms carry the common semantic freight of femaleness and virginity. In Genesis chapter 24, Rivkah is called an almah and she is also called a betulah,showing that, if not virginal, an almah would not be an almah. In Genesis chp 24 HaAlmah is used as a synonym for naarah-betulah. Virginity is at least implicit in the term almah or an almahcould not be called a betulah. It would never do in Hebrew, for example, to say that the pilegesh(concubine) approached the well and then say the betulah sat by the well and yet be talking about the same person. Virginity is definitely not implicit in the term pilegesh (concubine). Moreover, as a translation for "almah," "young woman" destroys the virginal conception of the Moshiach, without which he is not Ben HaElohim Moshi'a (Savior) of adam's rebellious, sin-blinded progeny. So we see the verse proves true that says "some twist the Scriptures to their own destruction (2K 3:16)."Those who delude themselves that there is no distinction between naarah (young woman)and almah (young virgin) have Biblical useage and context arguing in concert against them.

Finally, in Isaiah 7:14 the Jewish rabbis and scholars, who translated the Targum Hashivim[Septuagint Hebrew Bible Greek translation] in the Third Century B.C.E. for the Hellenistic synagogue, translated the Hebrew word "almah" as the Greek word "parthenos"--which Greek word can only mean, according to the standard lexicon, "female of marriageable age with focus on virginity" [see F.W.Danker Greek-Engish Lexicon, page 777]. Notice other times parthenos("virgin") is used in the Greek NT: Mt 25:1,7,11; Lk 1:27; 1C 7:25; Ac 21:9. The Septuagint translators also translated "haalmah" in Genesis 24:43 as "parthenos" showing that both Riv