This book reveals- for the first time ever - the extraordinary impact of Huldah the prophet on our Bible. She was both a leader of exilic Jews and a principal author of Hebrew Scripture. She penned the Shema: the ardent, prayerful praise that millions of worshipers repeat twice daily. Moreover, Jesus quoted as his own last words the ones that Huldah had writt en centuries before"Into your hand I commit my spirit". Huldah was an extraordinary writer - arguably she ranks among the best in Hebrew Scripture. As such, she added to God’s Word a feminine aspect that has inspired numberless believers - men and women alike. This book’s new techniques reveal that though subjected to extreme verbal abuse, Huldah surmounted her era’s high barriers to women. As elder, queen mother, and war leader during the sixth century BCE, she helped shape Israel’s history. And what, then, can this book mean to scholars - both women and men? Feminists need a rallying point and a heroine, and Huldah makes a superb one. In years ahead, experts might well place Huldah alongside the very greatest women of antiquity; indeed, they may even conclude that she is among the most influential people in human history. Table of Contents Lists of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Glossary 1 New Techniques Highlight Huldah 2 Huldah’s Character 3 Huldah’s Biography, Part 1 4 Huldah’s Biography, Part 2 5 Huldah’s Critics 6 What Huldah Wrote 7 Huldah’s Place in the Deuteronomistic History 8 Huldah Edits Genesis and Exodus 9 Huldah in the Book of Proverbs 10 Huldah the Psalmist Appendix 1: Location of Huldah Anagrams Appendix 2: Coded Groups of Authors: Deuteronomy 5-28 Bibliography Index of Hebrew Scripture Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects

Huldah: The Prophet Who Wrote Hebrew Scripture

Kavanagh, Preston

Biographies & Memoirs

Lutterworth Press

The Exilic Code

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Pickwick Publications

The Shaphan Group: The Fifteen Authors Who Shaped the Hebrew Bible

Wipf and Stock

Huldah

Description: This book reveals--for the first time ever--the extraordinary impact of Huldah the prophet on our Bible. She was both a leader of exilic Jews and a principal author of Hebrew Scripture. She penned the Shema: the ardent, prayerful praise that millions of worshipers repeat twice daily. Moreover, Jesus quoted as his own last words the ones that Huldah had written centuries before--""Into your hand I commit my spirit."" Huldah was an extraordinary writer--arguably she ranks among the best in Hebrew Scripture. As such, she added to God's Word a feminine aspect that has inspired numberless believers--men and women alike. This book's new techniques reveal that though subjected to extreme verbal abuse, Huldah surmounted her era's high barriers to women. As elder, queen mother, and war leader during the sixth century BCE, she helped shape Israel's history. And what, then, can this book mean to scholars--both women and men? Feminists need a rallying point and a heroine, and Huldah makes a superb one. In years ahead, experts might well place Huldah alongside the very greatest women of antiquity; indeed, they may even conclude that she is among the most influential people in human history. Endorsements: ""Kavanagh's latest book is another fascinating and creative recasting of biblical narratives. His writing is precise and lucid and his analyses are unlike anyone else's, combining biblical scholarship, mathematical statistics, and a deep reading of Jewish canonical and literary sources, including esoteric material. Provocative and richly documented, Huldah will be well received by anyone who has followed Kavanagh's previous research and writing."" --Jeff Levin, University Professor and Director of the Program on Religion and Population Health, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion About the Contributor(s): Preston Kavanagh holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard. He retired twenty-five years ago from an executive position in a large company to seek the identities of those who wrote the Hebrew Bible. Huldah discusses what he has found, as do several prior books--Secrets of the Jewish Exile (2005), The Exilic Code (Pickwick Publications, 2009), and The Shaphan Group (Pickwick Publications, 2011). He and his wife, Lois, live quietly in Maryland.

This short book resolves the mystery of why Jesus chose to call himself Son of Man. Far earlier, the first Son of Man--the prophet Ezekiel--had met death as a Babylonian substitute king. Professor Simo Parpola's expert exposition about Assyrian substitutes prepares readers for the sacrifice first of Ezekiel and then, far later in time, of Jesus. Ezekiel was the Suffering Servant of Isaiah chapter 53, and had perished as a substitute to redeem the lives of his rebellious countrymen. Understanding Ezekiel's fate, Jesus chose the Son of Man title to exemplify his own redemptive mission. The authors of Mark, Luke, and Matthew subsequently framed their passion accounts so as to describe the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus as a latter-day substitute king. Most of this will come as news to students of both testaments of Scripture.

Ezekiel to Jesus: Son of Man to Suffering Servant

This short book resolves the mystery of why Jesus chose to call himself Son of Man. Far earlier, the first Son of Man--the prophet Ezekiel--had met death as a Babylonian substitute king. Professor Simo Parpola's expert exposition about Assyrian substitutes prepares readers for the sacrifice first of Ezekiel and then, far later in time, of Jesus. Ezekiel was the Suffering Servant of Isaiah chapter 53, and had perished as a substitute to redeem the lives of his rebellious countrymen. Understanding Ezekiel's fate, Jesus chose the Son of Man title to exemplify his own redemptive mission. The authors of Mark, Luke, and Matthew subsequently framed their passion accounts so as to describe the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus as a latter-day substitute king. Most of this will come as news to students of both testaments of Scripture. PRESTON KAVANAGH holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard. He retired thirty years ago from an executive position in a large company to seek the identities of those who wrote the Hebrew Bible. His prior books have centered upon the Babylonian Exile of the Jews. The books are available from Pickwick Publications. His email address is pkavanagh50@gmail.com. SIMO PARPOLA is an Assyriologist, teacher, historian, and author. In 1971 he received his PhD from the University of Helsinki, and has since served on the faculties of universities in Europe and the United States. He has an impressive list of book and periodical publications, and is internationally recognized as a foremost scholar on ancient Assyria. Recently, the University of Helsinki (from which he is now retired) granted him the title of Professor Extraordinary of Assyriology.

Ezekiel to Jesus

Parpola, Simo

Wipf & Stock Publishers

Drawing from more than one thousand easily replicated examples, the author analyzes how biblical writers encoded messages into their texts. The Exilic Code dates portions of the Bible, establishes Ezra as an exilic person, brings to light a School-of-Daniel scripture factory, names Second Isaiah and the Suffering Servant, identifies the individual who triggered Josiah's reforms, and traces coding from the Deuteronomistic Historian in the seventh century BCE to Daniel's apocalypse in the second. The book also introduces a simplified form of intertextuality that one can profitably apply to biblical texts. For students of the New Testament, The Exilic Code not only identifies the substitute-king motif that underlies the synoptic gospels, but also sheds light upon why Jesus called himself Son of Man.

The Exilic Code: Ciphers, Word Links, and Dating in Exilic and Post-Exilic Biblical Literature

History

Ancient Civilizations

Secrets of the Jewish Exile: The Bible's Codes, Messiah, and Suffering Servant

Word Association Publishers

Synopsis: A group of authors led by Shaphan, King Josiah's secretary, wrote some three hundred chapters of Scripture--one-third of the Hebrew Bible. For the first time ever, we can learn the names of those who composed Joshua, Isaiah, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Songs, Daniel, and half the Minor Prophets. (Probabilities throughout the book strongly support these findings.) Moreover, those authors together constitute Dtr, the long-sought editors of Deuteronomy through Second Kings. One of the most important discoveries of The Shaphan Group is that Huldah the prophetess signed many chapters of Hebrew Scripture. Judged from her use of coded writing, Huldah was arguably the most accomplished writer among the group's fifteen authors. She was joined by the Priestly Source and Second Isaiah (both of whom are named), as well as others--unrecognized until now--who risked their lives to shape the Hebrew Bible. The Shaphan Group offers students of whatever age, not only a book full of discoveries, but also a new way to approach Holy Scripture. Endorsement: "In The Shaphan Group, his third book on the subject, Kavanagh offers up another provocative exploration of coding within the Tanakh. There is much here that will inform new understandings of biblical texts and confound conventional scholars. Reading Kavanagh is always an exciting and illuminating experience." -Jeff Levin Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University Editor of Divine Love: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions Author Biography: Twenty-four years ago, Preston Kavanagh retired from an executive position in a large company in order to seek the identities of those who wrote the Hebrew Bible. The Shaphan Group discusses what he found, as do his two prior books--Secrets of the Jewish Exile (2005) and The Exilic Code (Pickwick Publications, 2009). He and his wife, Lois, live quietly in Maryland.

This book reveals-for the first time ever-the extraordinary impact of Huldah the prophet on our Bible. She was both a leader of exilic Jews and a principal author of Hebrew Scripture. She penned the Shema: the ardent, prayerful praise that millions of worshipers repeat twice daily. Moreover, Jesus quoted as his own last words the ones that Huldah had written centuries before- "Into your hand I commit my spirit" Huldah was an extraordinary writer-arguably she ranks among the best in Hebrew Scripture. As such, she added to God's Word a feminine aspect that has inspired numberless believers-men and women alike. This book's new techniques reveal that though subjected to extreme verbal abuse, Huldah surmounted her era's high barriers to women. As elder, queen mother, and war leader during the sixth century BCE, she helped shape Israel's history. And what, then, can this book mean to scholars-both women and men? Feminists need a rallying point and a heroine, and Huldah makes a superb one. In years ahead, experts might well place Huldah alongside the very greatest women of antiquity; indeed, they may even conclude that she is among the most influential people in human history.

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Huldah: The Prophet Who Wrote Hebrew Scripture

The Exilic Code

The Shaphan Group: The Fifteen Authors Who Shaped the Hebrew Bible

Huldah

Ezekiel to Jesus: Son of Man to Suffering Servant

Ezekiel to Jesus

The Exilic Code: Ciphers, Word Links, and Dating in Exilic and Post-Exilic Biblical Literature

Secrets of the Jewish Exile: The Bible's Codes, Messiah, and Suffering Servant

The Shaphan Group: The Fifteen Authors Who Shaped the Hebrew Bible

Huldah