Apocrypha #1: Understanding Tanakh

Join us as we embark on a journey exploring the Sifrei Hitzonim (“Apocrypha”), the ancient texts that were deliberately suppressed and excluded from the Tanakh (“Hebrew Bible”). In this first part of the series, we explore who wrote the Tanakh, how it was compiled, and what criteria were used in its canonization. We also take a look at why some Biblical books almost didn’t make the cut.
Along the way, we discuss whether the Book of Daniel is truly prophetic or not, why some sought to “cancel” the Book of Ezekiel, the surprising apocryphal Book of Esther, and why Shir haShirim (King Solomon’s Song of Songs) is so graphic and explicit.
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[@raf_abreu]

Baruch HaShem! Thank you for another amazing lecture!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@Julia-vm8je]

Спасибо вам огромное. Вы точно перевернули мой взгляд на Библию. 7 лет я управляла ходом богослужения в Православном монастыре. Библию знаю почти наизусть. Песни царя Давида читаю каждый день в течении 20 лет. Наверно именно древние пророки привели меня к вашим лекциям 6 дней назад. Совершенно другой взгляд на вещи. Моя свекровь Мальтийка, принадлежала к Испанскому Еврейскому роду Formoza - Ta Staferata. Который до сих пор управляет Мальтой. Только благодаря её поведению и отношением ко мне, я стала интересоваться древними писаниями. Хотя в нашей семье соблюдались все правила. Спасибо вам за вашу удивительную работу.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure! That's very interesting, thanks for sharing. Hope to visit Malta some day :)

[@victorianoah6572]

A huge thanks to you for your ingenuity, dedication and continuously enlightening us. Love all your teachings 💖

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you so much!

[@Bah1357]

Christian wannabe here. This is amazing information. So grateful I was led to it🙏

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Glad to hear, thank you!

[@asafgozlan]

Amazing! Thank you Efraim!!!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@clemdouglas5529]

Amazing lecture ! Please share it around with your family and friends around this world.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you!

[@Jasn_Chvz]

These are amazing

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you!

[@KrochmalResnikoff-ou5qs]

Important books that give a sense of context to second temple judiaism.

[@Grandpajoe24]

Thank you for the study.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

My pleasure!

[@caljoshdisofyah496]

Good teaching !!

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you!

[@crystalshelton223]

*Discussion on Song of Songs: *Realism in King and Queen love poetry.(1 Peter 3:4) *Over the years, individuals portray this book as too intimate, but in reality it is not the case. *It focuses on the closeness between husband and wife. *It also portrays a very high spiritual connection within the Creator and man. *This is highly informative video on certain matters.

[@marklevy9314]

Fragments of the Book of Esther were recently discovered to be part of the Dead Sea scrolls.

[@vrab.]

I believe the megillat Esther was up for debate for multiple reasons which a few you addressed. But there are others: - the story parallels a similar story of Ishtar and Marduk (Babylonian gods) and was replaced by Esther and Mordacai suggesting Jews in the Babylon took a babylonian holiday and made it their own (which goes against Moshe’s words in parshat Reeh (Devarim 12:30-32) which says not to inquire how the nations worship their gods and do that to HaShem. - it adds a holy day Purim which is not listed in Parshat Emor. On which its commanded to get drunk to the point you confuse Mordacai with Haman. Drunkenness always appears in a negative light throughout the Torah. - there is no other collaborating text to support King Ahasuerus ever existed questioning the historical integrity of the megillat. - the pole on which Mordacai was to be hanged is extremely exaggerated and very unlikely would have been used - the megillat really does not glory HaShem at the p’shat level

[@avnerstein4776]

Rabbi Tovia Singer holds that the Septuagint rabbis only translated the Pentateuch, not the whole Tanach (3:46). The rest of Tanach was added to the Septuagint by Christians, mistranslated to support the New Testament.

[@mojohand3165]

Hello Efraim, Job was in Egypt in the time of Joseph. Joseph told them leave Egypt when he died and Job listened. It isn't a great leap to think that Moses met Job at some point and Moses could of told him of his troubles. So then Job told Moses I hear you, now let me tell you about what happened to me. Now I can't think for you so you'll just have to decide. It is not terribly important just interesting............All Love IndieJamimaMojoHand

[@mikebee6786]

BARUCH HASHEM SHABBOT SHALOM 😊

[@the.mr.nobody]

Enoch is vitally important.

[@marciphillips8682]

Most definitely

[@tasfish1]

Song of Songs is a song to the goddess

[@egipad9037]

Sir, I have a question. Can you please explain to me where I can find proof that gematria was used in Biblical studies, Tanahk, Torah etc. Not Talmudic studies. In plain Biblical studies, If Gematria (Kabala) Is only of Talmudic studies I need to know this. I need to know that what I have been told is wrong or right. Please explain.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Please see the following, where I discussed the foundations of gematria: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZyWgpiVaNipe5o

[@davekaiser4726]

Rabbi Palanov, I have a question regarding 2 Maccabees 12:44. The men who died where Idolaters, yet Maccabee prays for them that they may not die in their deception but be saved to the resurrection of the dead to the Judgment. Does ancient Judaism believer in praying for the dead? Thank you for your answer.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Yes, see the following for a detailed analysis of the Jewish belief in a Resurrection of the Dead: www.mayimachronim.com/understanding-resurrection-of-the-dead/

[@davekaiser4726]

@@EfraimPalvanov Yes, the print-up goes into the Resurrection of the Dead, but I had a more specific question about 2 Maccabees 12:44 and whether BCE second temple Jews believed in praying for the souls of the dead.

[@egipad9037]

How do or did they get books or writings from small pieces of papyrus. I mean everytime I see biblical writings its always on a small broken off piece of papyrus and how do they manage to get a whole chapter or even a paragraph off of it? Its mind bogeling.

[@shainazion4073]

Certain words are only used a few times in Torah. They can figure passages by the words and words next to those words.

[@barbarza]

Oyyyyy....Ester is hidden so HaShem is TWICE mentuoned in chapter 5 by Ester herself.

[@willielee5253]

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[@hendrikdebruyn2092]

Shalom. I am very surprised at the demeanor of the guy in the video, i am not sure if he is a rabbi or not. Maybe i could ask on this channel, because no other Jewish channel ever, would answer my question. Why would Jewish people not teach the gentiles about God? Why does it seem to us gentiles that the Jewish people want to keep God to themselves? And why would Jewish people have gentiles convert and make them follow another set of laws, while The Torah teaches that the same law will be for the sojourners?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

The Torah does not require gentiles to follow all of its laws. It clearly states that the law is part of God's covenant with Israel specifically, and God only expects Israel to observe all of the Torah's laws. However, the Torah does advocate for gentiles to follow the seven Noahide Laws. Those who wish to convert to Judaism and formally join the Israelite nation and observe all Torah law are certainly welcome to do so.

[@hendrikdebruyn2092]

@@EfraimPalvanov Good morning. Thank you for the reply, i enjoy your lectures and your knowledge. But where in the Torah does it state that gentiles are required to first obide by the Noahide laws, and where in Torah can we find Moses giving these laws for gentiles to follow.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

@@hendrikdebruyn2092 There are a few sources for it, the main one being Genesis 9 (where God explicitly instructs Noah about the laws for all mankind) as well as Genesis 2:16, from which the Sages derive the laws by breaking down the verse word-by-word. Hope to give a class on it soon. Stay tuned!

[@hendrikdebruyn2092]

@@EfraimPalvanov Thank you, i will switch on notifications because i really need to try and understand this, and especially why Jews do not teach gentiles about God, unless one converts to Judaism

[@hendrikdebruyn2092]

@@EfraimPalvanov And because both Jew and Christian, and i think also Islam, teaches that gentiles do not have to obey Torah, while God clearly says otherwise in Isaiah 56:6, saying the gentiles that joins themselves to God, not to Jews or Judaism, but God, will be welcome on His mountain if they keep from profaining His Shabbat, and hold fast to His covenant. He never says to 1st convert to a religion.

[@davidsavage6324]

If we dont derive laws from NaCh, why do we keep dont buy and sell on Shabbat and call it a law not a custom even though its non-d'oraita biblical minhag/rabbinic decree?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Not engaging in commerce on Shabbat is a Rabbinic prohibition, but there is a clear proof ("asmachta") for instituting it based on verses in 'Nakh. In other words, the law is not taken from the 'Nakh directly, but it is a Rabbinic fence that is strongly supported by descriptions in 'Nakh.

[@Emet646]

​@@EfraimPalvanov catholic preserved all book of tanach

[@ILOVEYESHUA1ST]

Why would Daniel that clearly prophesied not be included in theNevi’’m

[@musicman1770]

Answer is around the 35 minute mark

[@ramiroamaya7666]

This is confusing. Rabbis can accept Enoch (a simple man) becoming an angel (Metatron). But the idea of HaShem taking on a human form (seperate from the Father) is inconceivable.

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Those are two very different things. Men and angels are both creations of God - both temporary, finite, and insignificant in the grand scheme of the cosmos. One becoming another is not a particularly big deal. But for the Creator Himself - the eternal, infinite, omnipotent and omnipresent One - to take on human form is absurd and indeed inconceivable.

[@ramiroamaya7666]

@@EfraimPalvanov Genesis 18:1, פּתח ישׁב והוב ממרא באלני יהוה אליו וירא היום כחם האהל HaShem appeared to Abraham. HaShem ate with Abraham. So the Torah shows that HaShem can appear in human form.

[@davedaves3489]

@@EfraimPalvanov He also says multiple times in His Tanach such as in Samuel that He will NOT take human form.

[@nickinurse6433]

Christians should remember that well Jesus never broke a law of Torah and while he respected and quoted the prophets he intentionally broke the rabbi man-made laws because the rabbis were skewing the word of God. Think of the Torah as the book and Jesus was the movie acting out how God wanted us to live. He said all the law and all the prophets come down to love the Lord your God with all your heart and love you fellow man as yourself. But he broke every man-made rule intentionally teaching us that the talmud the black hats none of that is part of the word of God. Fortunately those of us who have accepted Messiah are under the New Covenant paid for with his blood whereas the law is written on our hearts. Many who call themselves Christians have no connection to the Holy Spirit but Jesus is still alive and those of us who know him recognize that he smiles that his Jewish children studying the word knowing it will Point them to him

[@ILOVEYESHUA1ST]

What’s interesting is the Dead Sea scrolls match the Septuagint more closely than the Masoretic text. The sages not only forbid these sacred books, they also edited the Tanak to create Judaism without Yeshua / Jesus

[@peter-audreybird2819]

What is your source for this fallacy? This is an absolutely false statement.

[@shawnwatson1419]

The original Septuagint was only the Torah (first 5 books). Then it was destroyed in the Alexandria fire. Centuries later Christian scribes totally butchered bad copies of it. So like Septuagint 100, 200, who knows. I'm familiar with the Christians, who don't know Hebrew, that believe what you said. There's little proof of this in reality. Many Christian scholars, just as with Tanakh itself, see things that clearly aren't in the DSS. Their imagination runs amock so to speak.

[@davidwenger9821]

​@@peter-audreybird2819I guess he didn't have an answer to your question. 😅

[@WillOne-lh7pm]

​@@davidwenger9821he? Bichplease

[@JaneH3675]

If you're filled with the Holy Ghost you won't read that enoch book. And the apocryphal books are historical documents, and should be read as such; not as the inspired Word of God.

[@godsgrace7777]

The bible quotes Enoch.

[@no2mob889]

Yes why not read Enoch.

[@shawnwatson1419]

The real problem here is the books of Enoch (3) are so far removed from what the original written in the 3rd century BCE. The copies from some book store or website in a foreign language aren't accurate. Needless to say it was written by mystics, several authors, and of course not by Enoch. 99.9% of the time when the Book of Enoch gets brought up it's by a Christian.

[@7thheaventruth]

I’ve never heard of so much shit in my life. Listen when the prophesy, God speaks many languages, and he promised all Nations to Abraham he followed the true God, not the false God like moses

[@angelogarcia2680]

Just toilet paper.

[@bewarethelocusts8558]

Research Flat Earth please...Job 38

[@DDDothager]

Jesus told the priests, you do not know the scriptures, and you do not know the spirit of God.

[@scars73]

What’s your point?

[@arcangel...798]

Gen 5:23 says ALL THE DAYS OF ENOCH..WAS 365 YRS THATS HOW LONG HE LIVED HE DIED LIKE ALL MEN DO ISAIAH 51:12, Ecclesiastes 9:2 But he was not meaning he was not found Taken up to heaven where the clouds reside or in space where the sun and moon reside not the HASHEMS PLACE HE WAS BURIED LIKE MOSES WHERE HE ALSO WAS NOT (FOUND)