Shalom, Salam,
Peace (cant list all languages greetings here, sorry), For those
of you who actually read the intro’s to a site, the objectives
of this site are to promote the study of True Thorah [the Teachings
of YHWH], not the fearful ways of men; to find out who YHWH /
Shadday truly is, who Yahusha is, and what this journey with the
Creatress/Creator is all about. Just who is what and how it all
relates to us is the direction of this site. Freedom from the
fear mongering of religion.
Over the last
few years, some major changes have been taking place with my
relationship with YHWH. Those of you who
know me, or have at least known of me from my studies,
have noticed the changes in studies and additions to this
site.
Some of the information, that was strictly based on the Tanak/Bible,
has disappeared
or been ammended, with additions from archaeology and linguistics.
From my early years I started
specific studies, with limited reference resources. So those studies
changed with a
better understanding of the Hebrew. With the resources of several
university and seminary libraries, I now had access to material
I did not have available before,
and again those core studies changed, expanding, becoming more
three dimensional,
more real. Then I found Eisenbrauns, a scholarly publication source
and for the first time,
I could order and own the most amazing archaeological books and
choose for myself,
not having to just accept what a particular library had available.
These materials put at my
disposal the tools necessary to deal with what I was directed
in the beginning. The ironic
thing is, I remember taking a trip up to the Austin libraries,
when I lived in San Antonio,
because I needed certain maps to see what was going on when and
where. I ended up
camping on those library floors with a multitude of books spread
out before me, many years later.
And some of those books that I placed a very large order for from
Eisenbrauns, years ago,
have all been referenced into these studies. I am no longer
bound by the fear mongering of a patriarchal Indo-European
religious system and the resulting relationship with YHWH
(Iahu) is unbelievably liberating.
While some
might scream, "anti-semitism," for anything that I write,
if it does not line up with Rabbinical Judaism, those of you
who do, might look into the Tanak and my book references.
As I study the text of the Tanak, I see patterns, contradictions,
questions. When I come to the point where I have enough to
form a hypothesis, I go searching for additional sources to
see what they have found on the subject; oddly enough, the
bulk of my sources turn out to be Jewish scholars who have
enough chutzpah to speak the truth. There is also the fact
that the Jewish people do not make up the whole of the Semitic
race, contrary to the belief of some. If I speak about the
Qaraiym [Karites] research against the Talmud, how is that
anti-semitic? Qaraiym are Hebrew, some even Jews. Their disagreement
with the Talmud is valid. So it is not anti-semitic to speak
against the Talmud. If I speak about Dawiyd [David], one of
the idols of Judaism and Christianity, concerning his usurping
authority and being a man of blood, that is also not anti-semitic.
The history is all right there, in the book of the Jewish
people, the Tanak [Old Testament to Christians]. People should
read that book more carefully before they begin hurling accusations.
It is not anti-semitic to point out aspects of the ancient
Arabic faith involving YHWH. This site is not anti-semitic.
What it is is anti-polytheism; anti-continued Israelite idolatry;
anti-religious ignorance; anti-caste systems; and anti-religious
and ethnic superiority, regarless of the ethnicity. This site
is all about searching for the truth, regardless of what we
find or where that leads us. It
is a site where you cast off the religiously inherited fear and
dare to ask questions,
seeking out the answers.
This site
is not a site of syncretism. I do not believe in the wholesale
mixing of faiths to make a super-conglomerate religion. In
fact, I despise mans religions. Neither does this site promote
the rampant sectarianism that has become so contagious. I
do not seek to further divide what is already so splintered.
Rather, I seek a wholeness, oneness in creation. Though some
of the research and sources may seem a bit eclectic to some
of you, it is only to show that no one sect has the keys.
Through archaeology and textual research, we can see more
of who YHWH really is (not a thunderbolt weilding patriarchal
sky god). We can remove the stumbling blocks, for our sakes
and those of others that follow. In all things, we should
zealously seek harmony, healing, not the traditions and religions
of man.
On all the
documents at this site, the Hebrew is a font. If you are seeing
lowercase nonsense words, such as dedi, then you need the Hebrew
font. Go to the Resources section and download the font. For quoting
Scriptures, I use a font called Copperplate Gothic Condensed BT,
which is a TrueType font. You may need that for viewing passages
of Scripture quoted. I use that font because it simulates the
caseless Hebrew, thereby avoiding the translator emphasis of capitals.
http://www.lebtahor.com/Resources/fonts.htm
I hope this
site will be a blessing to those that enter.
Kathryn QannaYahu
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