Methodology

The AHAV Bible has applied rigorous technologies, methodologies, data analysis, and interpretation to reconstruct Hebraic “Kingdom of Heaven” spirituality:

1) The Hebrew Tanakh and Jewish Aramaic texts provide unique language and cultural perspectives that defined Yeshua’s first-century teachings.  The AHAV Bible features hundreds of examples of unique cultural values embedded within the Hebrew and Aramaic languages and cultures.

Old & New Testament Greek texts provide many Hebrew and Aramaic transliterations, such as Abba, amen, Eli, Gehenna, hosanna, qorban, mammon, kum, pascha, rabbi, sabbath, satan, shechar, talitha, etc., which illustrate how Greek translations of the Hebrew Tanakh and Yeshua’s culture were rendered in the Greek New Testament.

2) The Dead Sea Scrolls and Hebrew/Aramaic inscriptions in Israel illustrate the first-century Hebrew Jewish language, which is compared with the Greek New Testament language and definitions.

3) Ancient Aramaic Jewish literature and Bible commentaries (Targums) supply Hebrew-to-Aramaic terms and definitions for Hebrew and Greek translations.  Jewish literature was written in Aramaic to provide commentary and discussion of Biblical Hebrew concepts and provide Aramaic speakers with an understanding of Hebrew Jewish culture.

4) Prophecies in Biblical Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic forecast many elements of the Messiah, the New Covenant, Acharit haYamim (Latter Days), angels, being born again, the covenant, the perfection of the saints, repentance, holiness, heaven, faith, spiritual warfare, etc., which provides critically important context for the Greek New Testament.  

5) Archaeological and scientific discovery confirms and validates Hebrew Scripture.  Science and research illustrate elegant functions of human mechanisms that negate urban myths.  The AHAV Bible provides data for readers to compare superstition with reality. 

6) Equivalence of Expressions (gezerah shavah), Idioms, Law of First Mention (definitions), Word Pairs, Kal Vachomer (light and heavy), etc., are principles of interpretation embedded in Hebrew Scripture.  Hebrew Scripture contains internal rules and guidelines for interpreting Scripture, as outlined in the AHAV Bible. 

7) Humanistic modernism, such as Greek philosophy, Stoicism, Gnosticism, Sophism, Paganism, mythology, etc., are synthetic authorities that profoundly influence interpretations and meanings of spiritual concepts.  The AHAV Bible examines the influences of first-century CE modernism within the Greek New Testament.

8) Scholarly and exhaustive research papers are constantly being published by scholars to help better understand the early Hebrew, Jewish, and Roman Christian sects who influenced Greek New Testament narratives. 

 The Sandwich Effect

On one hand, ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Jewish commentary and literature (1,400 BC–400 AD) retained the terms and definitions Yeshua (Jesus) used to teach the Kingdom of Heaven.  On the other hand, the oldest Aramaic and Greek New Testament texts (200–400 AD) evolved from Hebrew and Aramaic concepts.  First-century Hebrew and Aramaic concepts are extrapolated through verse-by-verse analysis of Greek New Testament manuscripts, comparing equivalent terms, values, and definitions with pre-New Testament Hebrew and Aramaic sources.  

The Midrash Effect  

Deeper understanding of how Yeshua (Jesus) and the Apostles initially perceived the Kingdom of Heaven is possible thanks to the AHAV Bible’s ancient Hebrew word pictures for important terms. 

According to rabbis, each spiritual concept in Hebrew Scripture has seventy faces or dimensions.  The AHAV Bible explores the connections between Biblical Hebrew and Yeshua’s midrashim, or explanatory teachings. 

The Faith  

Hebrew and Jewish Galilean Aramaic were spoken by Yeshua (Jesus) and his original Jewish followers, according to archeological artifacts and inscriptions found all over Israel.  Archaeological evidence upgrades antiquated theories about Yeshua and the New Testament’s history.  In accordance with the original emunah (faith) of Yeshua (Jesus), the AHAV Bible preserves innumerable amazing and thrilling revelations to motivate readers.