Tewahido Bible Study

Under the auspices of His Beatitude Archbishop Mark of the Pacific Northwest archdiocese of the EOTC, during the bi-annual feast day of St. Gabriel the Archangel, I share a word of life from the Scroll of Daniel. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

I read aloud Chapters 6 & 7 of the Acts of the Apostles to my new community in the Pacific Northwest's seat of the archbishop, in honor of the annual feast of St. Stephen landing on a Sunday, which it only does once every seven years. His name stephanos means crown in Biblical Greek. I came across this studying 1 Peter 5:4 (which speaks of the doxa stephanos; glorious crown that the archshepherd Jesus Christ will grant to those religious leaders that please him) in the MOUNCE Reverse Interlinear New Testament. This is how someone like me who cannot read the Greek alphabet can still capture the beauty of the original. To him be the doxa (glory) unto eons of eons. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Blaise Webster of Tell Me The Story, another production of the Ephesus School Network, joins me to talk: Old Greek, Arabic(s), and Biblical (Consonantal) Hebrew. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Joshua Alfaro is a Septuagint (Old Greek translation(s) of the Hebrew Bible and their daughter translations Ge'ez, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian) scholar and student focusing on the Scroll of Esther. He recently attended the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) annual conference, where he watched and heard the Ethiopic (Classical and Modern) sessions. Hear what he has to say, about what they said."The Scroll of Esther stands corrupted by various translators. Which (scroll) I, lifting up from the archives of the Hebrews, have translated more accurately word for word. The common edition drags the book by knotted ropes of words hither and yon, adding to it things which may have been said or heard at any time. This is as is usual with instruction by schools, when a subject has been taken up, to figure out from the words which someone could have used, which one either suffered injury, or which one caused injury (to the text).And you, O Paula and Eustochium, since you have both studied to enter the libraries of the Hebrews and also have approved of the battles of the interpreters, holding the Hebrew Book of Esther, look through each word of our translation, so you may be able to understand me also to augmented nothing by adding, but rather with faithful witness to have translated, just as it is found in the Hebrew, the Hebrew history into the Latin language. We are not affected by the praises of men, nor are we afraid of (their) slanders. For to be pleasing to God we do not inwardly fear those caring for the money of men, "for God has scattered the bones of those desiring to be pleasing to men" (Ps 52.6), and according to the Apostle, those like this are "not able to be servants of Christ" (Gal 1.10)."-St. Jerome ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Deacon Alem serves the EOTC in the Washington D.C. Metro area through the liturgy and the ministry of the word. His day job is in aerospace engineering, but on the side he studies scripture, and completed his M.A. in Theological Studies from Agora University. Transforming his thesis into a book for popular consumption, here is a slightly condensed conversation we had about, The Letter That Kills: Variant Readings of Genesis 37:3 in the Andmta Corpus. It is a review of the current English literature available regarding the Aksumite School of Biblical Exegesis, and his own insights to what we can glean from this tradition of studying scripture. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. (Romans 11:36 KJV)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

a recitation, without added teaching, of the longest psalm★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. (Romans 10:20 KJV)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. (Romans 9:14 KJV)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

I wish that I were anathema from the Anointed One, instead of my brethren, my kinsmen, according to the flesh (Romans 9:3)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Fr. Marc Boulos joins me to talk about is earliest memory of Scripture and how he helps promulgate it today with multiple individuals and organizations including but not limited to: Fr. Paul Nadim Tarazi, Dr. Richard Benton, The Ephesus School, and The Orthodox Center for The Advancement of Biblical Studies.http://www.marcboulos.com/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:38,39 KJV)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (Romans 8:15 KJV)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 7:25 KJV)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? (Romans 6:3 KJV)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound (Romans 5:20 KJV)★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

How was it then reckoned?

Where is boasting then?

O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same...

The Third week of the Great Fast

worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator...

Behold, I come quickly...

And the city had no need of the sun...

Blessed and holy is he...

Blessed are they which are called...

Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen...

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings...

And every island fled away...

for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee...

...a Lamb stood on the mount Sion..

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast...

And there was war in heaven...

We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty...

and I took the little scroll out of the messenger's hand, and ate it up...

And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands...

Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth...

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest...

How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge...

for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us...

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty...

...you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

to them that overcome will I give to eat of the hidden manna...

Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy...

Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam...

they hired against you Balaam...

gathered together against the Lord

When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you...

wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame...

Prof. Matthew J. Thomas on Religion and Politics.

Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for...