In a message dated 01/15/2001 3:16:22 PM EST, tiqvah@... writes:

<< How do you all come up with your Torah study interpretations? Do
you have certain books that you might reccomend I purchase for study? >>

Here are the some of the best resources I've found--not an exhaustive list,
but many which I would recommend with very few qualifications.

Steve Zimmerman

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BIBLE ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT CUSTOMS:
Ancient Israel by Roland deVaux
(Available at Amazon.com for a fraction of the regular price)

The Complete Works of Josephus
(http://wesley.nnc.edu/josephus/ )

Biblical Archaeological Review magazine
(http://www.enews.com/magazine/0,1019,2422,00.html)

Apocryphal Books and Pseudepigrapha, which tell a lot about eschatological
viewpoints of Jews in the time of Y'shua and throw a lot of light on the
Bible:
(http://wesley.nnc.edu/noncanon.htm)

Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era
by George Foot Moore (3 volumes in 2, Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Mass.)

A Commentary on the NT from Talmud and Hebraica, by Lightfoot
(http://philologos.org/__eb-jl/)

The Illustrated Bible Dictionary (3 volumes) - pictures and charts of
archaeological finds, etc.
(Tyndale House/Inter-Varsity Press)


Revived Biblical Customs:
Beged Ivri - Clothing, Wedding Materials, Techelet Tzitzit, and Half Shekel
(http://www.israelvisit.co.il/beged-ivri/)

Harrari Harps: http://www.jer1.co.il/arts/harrari/index.html


BIBLICAL FESTIVALS:

Basics on the Festivals and their Relationship to Messiah's two comings:
Rosh haShanah and the Messianic Kingdom to Come, by Joseph Good
(http://www.hatikva.org)

The Seven Festivals of the Messiah, by Eddie Chumney
(http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2175/index.html)

A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays by Robin Scarlata
(http://www.heartofwisdom.com)

From Sabbath to Sunday, and The Sabbath in the New Testament
(and other festivals)
by Samuele Bacchiocchi (7th-Day Adventist Scholarly Treatment of Papal
Changes)
(Biblical Perspectives, 4990 Appian Way, Berrien Springs, MI 49103 or
http://www.andrews.edu/~samuele/books/)

New Moon Schedule - Stewarton Bible College
(http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/sbs777/saccal/calbook/appenda.html)

Karaites: Good articles on the New Moon and the Name of YHWH
--but be warned, they are very anti-Y'shua
(http://www.karaite-korner.org/links.shtml)



BIBLICAL LANGUAGES:

The Interlinear Bible (ed. by Jay Green)
Hebrew and Greek with Strong's numbers and English word-for-word
if you can locate it--out of print (Hendrickson Publishers)

Hebrew-Greek Study Bible (by Spiros Zodhiates) is the next best,
though you can get fully interlinear OT and NT separately more easily and
they are keyed to Strong's numbers.)

A free On-Line Bible you can download which has major words keyed with a
click of a mouse to Hebrew and Greek concordances/lexicons:
(http://www.onlinebible.simplenet.com/downlwin.htm)

The Aramaic Targums (translations from a few centuries BC with the
interpretations common in those days often added):
(http://www.tulane.edu/~ntcs/)


Start learning Hebrew any way you can!
One textbook I like is Biblical Hebrew by Page Kelley (Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1992)

Some Resources:

Learn Hebrew For Free
(http://foundationstone.com.au/HtmlSupport/FrameSupport/onlineHebrewTutorialFr

ame.html)

Hebrew Heart Multimedia
(www.hebrew1.com)


PAGANISM IN THE CHURCH

The Two Babylons (about how paganism infilitrated the church--very scholarly)
(http://www.philologos.org/__eb-ttb/sect56.htm)

A more popular version: Too Long in the Sun, by Rives
(http://www.toolong.com)

Fossilized Customs, by Lew White
(www.fossilizedcustoms.com)


UNDERSTANDING THE TEMPLE:

The Temple Institute's books
(http://www.temple.org.il/)
- The Mishkan and the Holy Garments
- The Holy Temple Revisited
- The Odyssey of the Third Temple
- The Holy Temple of Jerusalem
etc.

Spiritual Insights from the Temple and its Design:
Let Them Measure the Pattern, by Web Hulon
(http://www.yosefchai.com/Pattern%20book.htm)

Gershon Salomon and the Temple Mount Faithful
(http://www.templemount.org/)


THE TWO HOUSES OF ISRAEL: JUDAH AND EPHRAIM

Batya & Angus Wootten's Books on "Who is Israel?", etc.
Messianic Israel (www.mim.net)

The Truth About All Israel, and other writings by Rabbi Moshe Koniuchowsky
(www.YourArmsToIsrael.org)

The Lost Tribes of Israel Found, by Steven Collins (traces the historic
migrations)
(CPA Books, P.O. Box 596, Boring, OR 97009)


Y'SHUA AND THE TORAH:

Basics on interpreting the Torah according to its "typology":
Pictures, by Michael Washer (e-mail: TAVNIOT@...)

Related web site: http://rgfn.epcc.edu/users/ag646/eliyahu.html

Avi Ben Mordechai's books (Messiah Vol 1-3, 3 is ready to come out soon and
Signs in the Heavens)
(http://www.millennium7000.com)

Torah Rediscovered and Taking Hold, by Ariel Berkowitz
Firstfruits of Zion (http://www.ffoz.org)

Understanding the DIfficult Sayings of Jesus: New Insights from a Hebraic
Perspective
by David Bivin and Roy Blizzard, Jr.
(Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 1994)



GENERAL MESSIANIC/SCHOLARLY/JUDAIC RESOURCES (A Mixed Bag):

Lederer Messianic Resources
(http://www.goshen.net/lederer/)

Many scholarly books and reference materials available at cut-rate prices:
Christian Book Distributors
(http://sites.goshen.net/Bridgestone/cbd.htm)

Jewish-Christian Crossover Books and Materials:
Root and Branch Books (Jerusalem)
(rb@...)

Various resources at non-profit rates: Mike Styer
(http://members.aol.com/MikeStyer/index.html)

High Places Judaica:
(www.high-places.com)

Resources on Jewish Roots of Christianity
(www.ToTheEndsOfTheEarth.org)


MEDIA YOU CAN TRUST (for the most part):

Channel 7 - News from Israel with the Right Bias:
(http://www.arutz7.virtual.co.il/)

Jerusalem Post English Edition on line:
(http://www.jpost.com)


and, finally, my own web site (not updated in last 3 years), after you've
exhausted all the rest...
(http://members.aol.com/zimlechem/DigDeeper.html)

ENJOY!!!
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