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Secrets of the Hebrew Alphabet and Words 1. John Parkhurst, A Hebrew Lexicon (London: William Baynes & Paternoster Row, 1728 [Julian Calendar]), viii, Preface, third paragraph. 2. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews , book 1, chapter 1, section 4, http://bible.crosswalk.com/History/BC/FlaviusJosephus/?book=Ant_1&chapter=1 (accessed November 7, 2008). 3. Ibid. 4. Origen, Against Celsus , book 5, chapter 30, http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf04.vi.ix.v.xxx.html (accessed November 7, 2008). 5. Ibid., chapter 31, http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf04.vi.ix.v.xxxi.html (accessed November 7, 2008). 6. The entire Old Testament was written in the Hebrew language, with the exception of portions of Daniel and Ezra, which were written in Aramaic (Dan. 2:4– 7:28). 7. Marvin R. Wilson, Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1989), 128. 8. Ibid., 130–131. 9. Ibid., 136. 10. AncientScripts.com, “Hebrew,” http://www.ancientscripts.com/hebrew.html (accessed September 4, 2008). 11. Hebrew4Christians.com, “Birkat Kohanim—The Priestly Blessing,” http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Synagogue_Blessings/Priestly_Blessing/priestly (accessed September 4, 2008). 12. Mount Ophel (2 Chron. 27:3), Mount Zion (Ps. 48:2), and Mount Moriah (2Chron. 3:1) are three hills that join together to form the area from the southern to the northern slopes where the old city of Jerusalem with its walls now sits. Mount Moriah is the highest peak, where the first and second Jewish Temples once sat. 13. Navigating the Bible II, “Torah,” http://bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp (accessed September 8, 2008). 14. Avram Yehoshua, “The Alef-Tav,” http://www.seedofabraham.net/jat.htm (accessed November 10, 2008). 15. Rabbi Benjamin Blech, The Secret of Hebrew Words (Nothvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1991). 16. Rabbi Mendy Hecht, “How Is a Torah Made?” AskMoses.com, http://www.askmoses.com/article/698,2200336/How-is-a-Torah-Made.html (accessed September 4, 2008). 17. Blech, The Secrets of Hebrew Words , Preface, ix. 18. Ibid., 174.