A short introduction to the theories put forward in Talking With God and The Golden Ark by biblical researcher Roger D. Isaacs. Many commonly-used Bible words have completely different meanings than the traditional translations. Their original meanings offer us a new world of thinking about biblical practices.
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"You continue to confound the "biblical establishment" even as you offer creative insights into our ancient religious literature. You offer a naturalistic explanation to what others insist upon calling supernatural. Or perhaps, more accurately, your work might be described as supra-natural. At any rate, it represented innovative, if inevitably, controversial thinking. And we need that."
Robert J. Marx, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Hakifa, Glencoe, IL, Founder and a past president of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
"Now the 'substance' of Talking With God will be very easily understood by EVERYONE! The Golden Ark, A Pictorial History represents an excellent inventive to read Talking With God in order to fully realize in details its richness of highly scientific arguments."
Francesco Licheri, Archaeologist & Sociologist
"...it's an excellent exposition of your thesis. The text is concise and clear, the illustrations are bold and inviting."
Robert Wolf, Author and Executive Editor, Free River Press
"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
"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.
"Roger Isaacs has written a book that is sure to arouse controversy … but the arguments that comprise the bulk of the book have 40 years of scholarly research backing them."
Robert Wolf, Author and Executive Editor, Free River Press
"Isaacs' use of etymology to redefine many words in the Hebrew Bible has resulted in a fascinating hypothesis."
Peter Gingiss, Associate Professor of Linguistics Department of English, University of Houston