Welcome to the House of David School of Biblical Studies website,
a site that desires to study the Scriptures from the standpoint that Christ was a Jew and his original disciples/apostles were Jews, and therefore, it follows that understanding the Jewish culture of the first century including the customs, traditions, teachings, and beliefs of the Jews can facilitate our understanding of the Gospel!

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This is Bible Study taking into consideration a Hebraic Perspective

We represent a group of people who are on a quest for truth. We accomplish this by acquiring evidence concerning a particular subject from all sides. During the Bible study, we also consider the Hebrew roots of the matter. Then we draw a conclusion from the "Weight of that Evidence".

To the best of our ability, we limit the impact of our presuppositions
Once we acquire the truth, we desire to walk in it as best we can
We create "Presentations" which contain our evidence and conclusions
We desire others to critique our evidence and conclusions
This helps us draw closer to the truth

How do we do this :
For those who feel a need, we help them "learn how to study" better. Eventually, we desire other 'studiers' to critique our evidence and conclusions and bring correction to us. For those whose Bible Study leads them into their Hebrew roots, this is most important. This way, the body of believers work together to attain the truth.

Please meander through our web site and see if what we do falls within your vision.
Remember the exhortation of Paul in 1Thessalonians 5:21

"Test everything: Grasp a hold of that which is true!"

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Textual Criticism

The school that seeks to help establish the best text from a variety of textual families.

Proverbs 18:17

The first to present his case seems right, until another comes forward and examines him.

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Principles to be Gleamed

When studying the Hebraic perspective of the Scriptures, a number of principles manifest themselves early on. To the degree that these principles have been ignored by "mainstream Christianity," their re-introduction into the consciousness of Christianity is valuable.

It goes without saying that Yeshua was born as a physical Jew, into a Jewish society. In fact, all of the Apostles, the 120 original disciples who received the Holy Spirit on Pentecost in Acts 2, and the first 3000 converts that day were likely all Jews too (whether physically born Jews or Jewish converts).

Thus, the audiences who listened to Yeshua preach most of the time were Jews, and sometimes his teachings reflected their particular beliefs and culture. To the extent that those beliefs and that culture are different from our own, it is helpful to understand those differences to get the full meaning at times of what Yeshua was saying, or the full implication of events surrounding his ministry.

The Old Testament was, indeed, a "Hebraic" document, written in the Hebrew language. To the extent that someone unfamiliar with the nuances of that language (as it reflected the ancient Hebrew/Israelite and later Jewish culture) might misunderstand certain figures of speech, styles of writing, and types of literature common among the Hebrews, it is helpful to have information about these matters.

The Body of Believers, the Body of Christ, was not a new pagan religion, but of the religion of the Old Testament, Biblical Judaism. The guidelines by which Believers understand the will of God for their lives are, for instance, based on the Torah (instructions) that was given to Moses on Mt. Sinai.

Yeshua and the writers of the New Testament quoted the Old Testament extensively as authoritative when seeking to establish the basis for many of their teachings. Some facets of the historical religious system that eventually came to be called Christianity have indeed been affected over the centuries by the influence of Gentile, pagan beliefs, and customs.
The careful student of the Scriptures should be able to identify those elements of their own belief system and observances which are based clearly on the scriptures of the Old and New Testament, and those elements which are man-made additions. What they choose to do with this understanding is certainly between them and their God. But they can only make informed decisions if they have accurate information.

It is our intention to assist those who desire to find the truth so that they may walk in it. We have no other real agenda except to find the truth. We will ask hard questions and we will examine the Scriptures as faithfully as we can. May this work be of benefit to all those seeking the truth.