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Come with us to delve deeper into the Bible, to gain useful tools for a richer understanding of the Tanakh and New Testament.

"But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night."

 Psalm 1:2 (ESV)

Welcome to the Tsur Institute!

Encouraging you to read the Bible
Deepening your understanding of all that is written in it
Letting the Bible "read you" in return, to change your life

The Tsur Institute was founded in order to engage in in-depth study and research of the Bible, to participate in the scholarly debate, and to share the fruit of this study with a wider audience. This website is dedicated to the last of these aims – to encourage reading the Scripture with understanding and an open heart to engage with the text. To this end, you will find on the site tools to help you with your personal reading of the Bible, in-depth articles, and short devotionals.


The members of the Institute are Israeli Bible scholars who hold to the importance of the close reading of the Biblical text in the context of our faith in Yeshua (Jesus) as Messiah and in the unity of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and the New Testament. We’re also open to the contributions of other scholars who can enrich our understanding of Scripture. We sincerely hope that the material on this site will help you to be excited about reading the Bible and enable you to do so.


The articles on this site were written originally in Hebrew with an Israeli audience in mind. We are making them available in translation because we deeply desire to encourage everyone to read the Bible and to be touched by its message.

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The Servant of the LORD as the Arm of the LORD

What’s the connection between “the arm of the LORD” and “the servant of the LORD”? In the story of the exodus, they represent respectively God’s divine power and His human vessel. The arm of the LORD symbolizes the LORD’s strength and might in His bringing His people from slavery to freedom, while Moses as the LORD’s instrument was called His servant.

The difference between the two is clear. The first is divine, and the second is human. Against this backdrop, it is surprising to discover that in Isaiah chapters 40 to 53, the motifs of the arm of the LORD and the servant of the LORD are used in a way that both demonstrates their distinctiveness but also brings them to a point of correlation which is as significant as it is unexpected.

In those chapters the use of both the motif of arm of the LORD and servant of the LORD is noteworthy. Each of them is charged with its own individual import, and they represent, as in the story of the exodus, the power of the LORD on the one hand and his human instrument on the other. We will look briefly at each, starting with the servant of the LORD.

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Of Giants and Faith- Deuteronomy Episode 2

Welcome to another episode of the Tsur Institute podcast!
In this episode, Dan and Yohanan are discussing the topic of Faith in the book of Deuteronomy.
In chapter 5, Moses uses giants to show the people of Israel what real faith is all about. 

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Deuteronomy- Episode 1

In the first episode, Yochanan and Dan begin to unpack the Book of Deuteronomy, discussing its internal divisions, recurring motifs, and above all, the hope it holds for a living relationship between the people of Israel and God

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The Psalms- A String Of Pearls (The Podcast)

This is our third episode diving into the Psalms.
After having covered Psalms 1 and 2, Dan and Yohanan now turn to look at the connections between them. They discuss how the opening Psalms serve as an introduction to the whole Psalter, and how the Book of Psalms seems to have been intentionally structured.

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"But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word."

Isaiah 66:2 (NASB1995)

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