“I … will speak to you
from above the ark cover”
(Exodus 25:22)
The Old Testament says God spoke to the Israelites through the Ark of the Testimony, but they risked their lives doing it!
Most Bibles mistranslate God’s ark-related words as holy, sanctify, glory, sin, atone, plague, soul, testimony, cherubim, etc.
But that’s not what the words meant at all!
In this new book Roger D. Isaacs has matched many Hebrew words with their counterparts in neighboring ancient languages and retranslated them. The result is a totally new understanding of the puzzling laws and seemingly fantastical stories about the ark that readers often dismiss. Isaacs reveals the ark’s lethal nature and the protections necessary to avoid its radioactivity.
“Talking with God dramatically introduces a whole new world of thinking about biblical practices.”
Robert Marx, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Hakifa in Glencoe, IL. Founder and a Past President of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Roger Isaacs: Why I researched and wrote Talking With God.
Talking With God: The Radioactive Ark of the Testimony. Communication Through It. Protection From It.
by Roger D. Isaacs
514 pages, 63 illustrations, extensive bibliography, index of 19 ancient languages
Praise for Talking With God
“This work…represents a novel and substantive approach to biblical study and understanding.”
Dr. Byron Sherwin, Distinguished Service Professor, Director of Doctoral Programs, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies.
“An enormous, imaginative work. I think I would call it a modern midrash.”
The Late Rabbi Jacob Milgrom, Biblical Scholar, U.C. Berkeley Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies