BoZ 01 Tom Bradford's Torah Class - Book of Zechariah Intro & Chapter 1 скачать в хорошем качестве

BoZ 01 Tom Bradford's Torah Class - Book of Zechariah Intro & Chapter 1

Zechariah’s name means “YHWH has remembered”. This was a fairly common name and we find about 30 men in the Old Testament with it. He was born into a priestly family, probably in Babylon. When we look at his entire name as given to us in the first verse of his book, we find it is Zechariah ben-Berechiah ben-Iddo. That is, this particular Zechariah is the son of Berechiah, and the grandson of Iddo. Therefore, because Iddo was known to be a priest of high ranking, not only was he a prophet he was also a priest… although up in Babylon, priests had no real function there because the only place they could use their position as priests was the Temple in Jerusalem, which lay in ruins. As a priest, it helps us all the more to understand his passion for getting that Temple rebuilt. An interesting Jewish Tradition concerning him says that he was part of what was called the Great Synagogue in Babylon. This was said to be a group of men who gathered in order to protect and preserve the written Torah and other ancient Hebrew writings. Whether there was actually such a group, or it is just legend, is impossible to know. Tom Bradford