Nehemia Gordon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nehemia Gordon is probably the best known Karaite Jew of this era. He was born to an Orthodox Jewish family with a long line of Rabbis, but rejected the Talmud and became a Karaite Jew as a teenager.
Gordon is considered a Hakham, a well-respected religious leader of the Karaite Jewish communities, and now serves on the Universal Karaite Judaism Religious Council (which represents Israeli Karaites.) He is also the leader of the World Karaite Movement, a Karaite revival group. He coordinates Aviv searches each year and releases information on the crescent new moon sightings in Israel. (See also Karaite Judaism)
Gordon was awarded a Master's degree in Bible from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is an assistant in the "Dead Sea Scrolls Reader" project which is coordinated by Emmanuel Tov.
Gordon was recently a guest on Zola Levitt Ministries Television, a Messianic Jewish group, where he was interviewed about his religious beliefs. Gordon also appeared in an ESPN special broadcast before the 39th Super Bowl talking about his time as the Hebrew teacher of a deceased NFL player, Reggie White.
[edit] Bibliography
- The Hebrew Yeshua vs. the Greek Jesus
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Part 1. Texts Concerned with Religious Law ISBN 90-04-12650-3
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Part 2. Exegetical Texts ISBN 90-04-12648-1
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Part 6. Additional Genres and Unclassified Texts ISBN 90-04-12646-5
