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Did the tradition of finding meaning in the Hebrew letters begin with medieval Kabbalah? The primary sources tell a different story — one that stretches back to the biblical period itself.

Psalm 119 gives one stanza to every letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Explore all twenty-two — what each letter's ancient sign was drawn from, how it works in Hebrew, and the eight verses of its stanza with the opening word marked and linked to the lexicon.

The Jewish Tanakh, the Protestant Old Testament, the Catholic Bible, and the Latter-day Saint canon — same ancient texts, different arrangements, different stories. A guide to what you're holding when you open the scriptures.

Almost all of Job's forty-two chapters are Hebrew poetry, whose shape does the teaching. A plain-language look at how repetition, the two-beat line, and a single repeated verb — 'know' — carry the book toward 'I know that my Redeemer liveth.' A gentle on-ramp to Hebrew poetry before the Psalms.

Hebrew poetry rhymes ideas, not sounds. A plain-language guide to the forms of biblical poetry — parallelism, chiasm, inclusio, staircase, call-and-response — with an interactive tool that maps them in the Psalms of this week's reading.

Rabbi Ishmael's thirteen hermeneutical principles — the rules Jesus used, Paul built his theology with, and Book of Mormon prophets employed without naming them.

The story of Joseph of Egypt is not merely ancient biography — it is a prophetic map whose lines run forward with remarkable precision to Lehi's family, to Joseph Smith, and to us. Exploring how God embeds dispensational patterns into scripture as a recurring covenant language.

One of Scripture's most cinematic stories — scattered across four chapters and two books, so most readers never see it whole: Jehu's furious coup, Athaliah's murderous grab for the throne of David, and the infant Joash hidden six years in the temple. Reassembled in order, with the connections worth teaching.

How Israel moved from Moses' theocracy to the throne of David, why the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament view kingship so differently, and how both patterns point to Christ.

An honest reckoning with King David — his crimes, the women in his story, and the mercy that remembers Uriah by name.

How David built Israel's Temple music institution — the Kohathite tradition, the 24 divisions, Hebrew song vocabulary, poetic forms, and why the creation narrative was sung every week.

When Miriam took up her timbrel after crossing the Red Sea, she wasn't simply leading a celebration — she was acting in her role as a prophetess, participating

An exploration of the Hebrew terms for biblical musical instruments — from the divine shofar at Sinai to the bells on the High Priest's robe — and how Israel's encounter with God's voice shaped a musical tradition that runs from Genesis to Revelation.

How the Jewish festival of Purim illuminates themes of divine providence, covenant faithfulness, and deliverance through unlikely channels — with connections to Psalm 22 and the Passover.

From the Sabbath to Pharaoh's dreams, from Be'er Sheva to the seven Moedim, the number seven runs through Hebrew scripture as a recurring covenant token — always pointing toward the One who would fulfill every divine oath completely.

A structured reading of Alma 5 through the lens of the Passover Seder — mapping each of the 15 traditional steps to Alma's prophetic call to repentance, sanctification, and acceptance before God.

How the four cups of Passover, the seven feast days, and the kinsman redeemer reveal God's covenant with Israel as a marriage — from the Seder table to the Second Coming.

Seven Words of Ultimate Love — exploring Jesus' final phrases from the cross, their roots in the Psalms, and what they teach us about forgiveness, salvation, and trust.