Genesis - Bereshit - Beerasheet: The New Birth
Parashat Bereshit - head of or beginning
The word bereshit can mean "in the beginning" or "at the start" or "at the head of [all things]". The term rosh ('head') is embedded in the word as its shoresh root. In Jewish tradition, the word can refer to either the first weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading (called 'parashat Bereshit') or to the first book of the Torah called 'Sefer Bereshit'.
The ancient Greek translation of the Torah (i.e., the Septuagint) called the book "bereshit" - "Genesis" ("birth", "origin") instead of using the translation of the first Hebrew word for the book's title. The term "Genesis" was used in the subsequent Latin and English translations of the book.
The Hebrew word, Beerasheet, usually translated as "Genesis" can have different English spellings. Beresheet, beerasheet, berasheet, bereshit or beeresheet, are just a few ways in which it is sometimes spelled. Beerasheet (Genesis) is the new birth in the spirituality of the Africa Edenic world language of Hebrew and produces a new consciousness.
Beerasheet, the name of the first book of the Tahnock (Bible) is often translated as "Genesis." According to Edenic Hebraic thought, beerasheet means "the birth of a new consciousness of (new knowledge) in the mind" of people. Let's apply this to what Yeshua told Nicodemus.
Given the fever-pitched controversies about evolution, Adam and Eve, and scientific evidence for the Flood, the average person might feel intimidated by the book of Genesis. But behind the heady debates is a terrific story-one that anyone can understand, and one that has gripped people for ages. If you are not a Bible scholar but want to be able to read Genesis and understand its big picture, this brief, witty book is the guide you've been waiting for. Genesis for Normal People: A Guide to the Most Controversial, Misunderstood, and Abused Book of the Bible (Second Edition w/ Study Guide) (The Bible for Normal People)
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The Scriptures
An exciting new literal translation of the Bible in English. This translation differs significantly from most common English translations in that it has restored the original book order of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Tanakh, and restored the Name of the Most High, YHWH throughout.
The Names of all the books in the Tenakh are now restored to the original Hebrew, including the books of the Torah: Bereshith (Genesis), Shemoth (Exodus), Wayiqra (Leviticus), etc, also the books of, Tehillim (Psalms), and Mishle (Proverbs) etc.
The traditional rendering of the word "Law" has been restored with "Torah" throughout the translation, retaining the richness and full meaning of this word in the Hebrew language.
The Scriptures is a literal translation of the Tanakh and the Messianic Scriptures.
The divine Name (the tetragrammaton), YHWH, appears in Hebrew characters throughout the translation in the Tanakh (Torah, Nevi'im, Kethuvim) and also in the Messianic Scriptures. The name by which the Messiah was known, Yahshua is restored in Hebrew as well.
The original Hebrew personal names of people and places are restored throughout the Scriptures, such as "Yirmeyahu" for Jeremiah, "Yeshayahu", for Isaiah and "Mosheh" for Moses and in the Messianic Scriptures, "Mattithyahu" for Matthew etc.
Words and names, as far as possible, have been corrected in order to eliminate any names of idolatrous origin.
The books in the Tanakh are arranged according to the original order of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings.
Difficult phrases in the Scriptures are explained in footnotes and the explanatory word list.
The Scriptures Hardcover – January 1, 1998 by Institute for Scripture Research (Translator)
Introduction to the Hebraic Understanding of the Bible
The information on this page is an excert from a doucment titled "Introduction to the Hebraic understanding of the Bible".
The Hebrew word, Beerasheet, usually translated as "Genesis" is to be born again or new birth of Mind!
Note:
Yeshua told Nicodemus
John 3:3 "Yeshua answered, and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Righteous Teachings
Yeshua was to save the the world by His righteous teachings, and enable those righteous teachings to be a "light" in the minds of those who heard and believed His teachings.
"Light" of the World
This "light" or (Intellect of God) in John 3:19 and John 8:12 is the same "light" in Genesis 1:3 (Beerasheet)
Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar: Third Edition (Zondervan Language Basics Series)
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Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar : Third Edition (Zondervan Language Basics Series) Third Edition by Gary D. Pratico (Author), Miles V. Van Pelt (Author)
