Nehemia Gordon

Nehemia Gordon (1972 –) is a Karaite Jew. He was born to a Jewish family of rabbis. A native of Chicago, he lived in Jerusalem, Israel after making Aliyah in 1993.

Gordon served in the 2000s on Universal Karaite Judaism's "Religious Council" and on the Board of Directors of the ancient Karaite synagogue in Jerusalem. He is also a co-founder of the World Karaite Movement, a Karaite revival group. He coordinated aviv searches each year and released information on the crescent new moon sightings in Israel from 1993 until October 2, 2016. From 2007 to 2008, Nehemia Gordon served in the position of Provost of the Karaite Jewish University.

He translated texts contained in The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, was an assistant on the Dead Sea Scrolls Publication project coordinated by Emanuel Tov, and worked as a researcher on the Hebrew University Bible Project under Shemaryahu Talmon.

Gordon appeared in an ESPN special broadcast before the 39th Super Bowl talking about his time as the Hebrew teacher of the late NFL star, Reggie White. Gordon subsequently spoke about White's spiritual journey in an episode of ESPN SportsCentury. In 2007 a Jerusalem Post article on Karaite Judaism included a feature about Gordon. Gordon also appeared as a guest on A Rood Awakening and on Zola Levitt Ministries Television, a Messianic Jewish group, where he was interviewed about his religious beliefs.

Bibliography

• Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence: The Hebrew Power of the Priestly Blessing Unleashed, 2012, ISBN 978-0983098126 Search this book on .
• The Hebrew Yeshua vs. the Greek Jesus, 2005, ISBN 0-9762637-0-X Search this book on .
• A Prayer to Our Father: Hebrew Origins of the Lord's Prayer by Nehemia Gordon and Keith E. Johnson, 2009, ISBN 0-9762637-4-2 Search this book on .
• As It Is Written: A Brief Case for Karaism by Shawn Lichaa, Nehemia Gordon, and Meir Rekhavi, 2006, ISBN 0-9762637-1-8 Search this book on .
• The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Part 1. Texts Concerned with Religious Law, 2003, ISBN 90-04-12650-3 Search this book on .
• The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Part 2. Exegetical Texts, 2003, ISBN 90-04-12648-1 Search this book on .
• The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Part 6. Additional Genres and Unclassified Texts ISBN 90-04-12646-5 Search this book on .

External links

• Nehemia's Wall
• Karaite Korner {{{{Source Wikipedia}}}}

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