Kaz Hayashi, Holograms and Idols: Hatsune Miku and the Image of God Kaz Hayashi 2020-11-12 | This is a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society 2020.
The Hebrew Conjunction Vav Kaz Hayashi 2023-06-07 | The Hebrew conjunction Vav (most commonly translated as "and") occurs over 5,000 times in the Old Testament! Moreover, the conjunction plays an important role in constructing the meaning of a sentence. A proper interpretation of the biblical text, therefore, requires the various ways this conjunction functions and can be translated within a passage! In this lecture, I introduce the seven different nuances of the conjunction vav in the Hebrew Bible.
Word Study Fallacies in Hebrew Kaz Hayashi 2023-06-07 | While pastors and Bible study teachers, and even scholars and commentators frequently conduct word studies, they often make erroneous conclusions due to their poor methodology. In this study, I share examples of how three common exegetical fallacies (borrowing the language from D. A. Carson) particularly as it is done in Hebrew word studies. The three errors include, the root fallacy, illegitimate totality transfer, and anachronism.
How to Do a Word Study in Hebrew Kaz Hayashi 2023-06-07 | One of the most helpful skills when studying the Bible is knowing how to do a word study. Word studies, however, are one of the most common ways people make interpretive errors. In this lecture, I give two examples of how to do a word study using the free online resource Blue Letter Bible. I suggest going beyond a simple word study by doing a "concept" study and also a "phrase" study.
How to Interpret Hebrew Poetry Kaz Hayashi 2023-06-07 | One-third of the Old Testament is in poetry and it requires its own sets of rules for interpretation. In this lesson, I explain the features of Hebrew Poetry and will talk about the various forms of Hebrew Parallelism.
Why does my Bible disagree with yours!?: Introduction to Textual Criticism of the Old Testament Kaz Hayashi 2023-06-05 | Why do English Bibles disagree? For many who grew up hearing how the Bible is "God's inerrant word" they are trouble to find out that English Bible translations have many "disagreements." This is not a theological problem (in other words, the problem is not with God), but the issue lies in manuscript transmission and disagreements. In this video, I give a survey of the discipline known as "textual criticism" which is how we seek to find the original reading of the biblical text and explain how the variations came to be.
What is the Masoretic Text Kaz Hayashi 2023-06-05 | Almost all English Bibles are based on the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. But what is the Masoretic Text and who were the Masoretes who invented this textual tradition? In this video, we will learn what the Masoretic Text is and how this has become the majority textual tradition, yet it is not the "only" textual tradition.
Why Study the Old Testament in Hebrew Kaz Hayashi 2023-06-05 | You may be wondering "Why study the Old Testament in Hebrew?" In fact, many pastors and Bible study leaders preach or teach without ever looking at the original languages. Building upon the principles of Paul's letter of 2 Timothy, I illustrate three benefits of knowing Hebrew. These include, 1) Knowing Hebrew gives a more robust theology which enables us to correct poor doctrines. 2) It also helps us to hear the nuances of the biblical text so we can determine what the Bible says. And 3) it allows us to correctly see the literary structure and the author's units of thoughts and emphasis.
Kaz Hayashi The Iconographical Background of Bull Slaying (ASOR 2020 ) Kaz Hayashi 2020-11-12 | This is a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research. November 2020
