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Siegfried Johnson

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A student of ancient Hebrew language and culture, Siegfried Johnson in 1990 earned a graduate degree in biblical Hebrew from the University of Michigan, after which he left Ann Arbor to enter ministry in the United Methodist Church, currently serving as Senior Pastor at Christ of the Hills in beautiful Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. He has continued to nurture his love for Hebrew studies by leading over thirty tours to the Holy Land and throughout the Mediterranean world, since 2010 serving as a Director of Travel Ministries for Educational Opportunities Tours, a faith-based travel company headquartered in Lakeland, Florida.Dancing with DavidAtmosphere Press, 2022A World Without Books was created to help writers connect with readers during the pandemic. This Micro-Podcast provides authors a platform to share stories about writing, discuss current projects, and consider life without books. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you podcast.Past Forward is a public podcast service and book initiative. As a nonprofit organization, our creative media is designed to amplify the voices of community leaders by providing a platform to share stories about civic engagement and cultural enrichment. For further learning, our Re-Mind initiative focuses on educational accessibility. We collaborate with experts and curate book collections inspired by topics from our podcast. This program creates a path for curiosity and provides access to millions of books at a discount price.

A student of ancient Hebrew language and culture, Siegfried Johnson in 1990 earned a graduate degree in biblical Hebrew from the University of Michigan, after which he left Ann Arbor to enter ministry in the United Methodist Church, currently serving as Senior Pastor at Christ of the Hills in beautiful Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. He has continued to nurture his love for Hebrew studies by leading over thirty tours to the Holy Land and throughout the Mediterranean world, since 2010 serving as a Director of Travel Ministries for Educational Opportunities Tours, a faith-based travel company headquartered in Lakeland, Florida.Dancing with David Atmosphere Press, 2022<a href="https://pastforward.org/blogs/public-podcasting/tagged/a-world-without-books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A World Without Books</a> was created to help writers connect with readers during the pandemic. This Micro-Podcast provides authors a platform to share stories about writing, discuss current projects, and consider life without books. Listen on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/public-podcasting/id1357380216" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5VHJ2IeZp7ddlB85ElNzcL?si=yTuyzWmJTAuCZ9oXi3VpiQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, or wherever you podcast.<a href="https://pastforward.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Past Forward</a> is a public podcast service and book initiative. As a nonprofit organization, our creative media is designed to amplify the voices of community leaders by providing a platform to share stories about civic engagement and cultural enrichment. For further learning, our Re-Mind initiative focuses on educational accessibility. We collaborate with experts and curate book collections inspired by topics from our podcast. This program creates a path for curiosity and provides access to millions of books at a discount price.

Our guest today is Siegfried Johnson. "Sieg" is the Senior Pastor of Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. He is also the author of a new book - a historical religious novel - "Dancing With David." Feathered Quill did a recent review of the book here. You can buy the book at Amazon.From Sieg's website we have this description of the book:“There are only 150 psalms in my Bible!” a friend said to me yesterday after seeing a summary of my new book, Dancing with David. “Is your Psalm 151 an invention of your imagination?”Well, yes and no. Since the late 1980s, working on the Dead Sea Scrolls in Ann Arbor, I’ve been fascinated with the non-biblical Psalm 151, which has been known since before Jesus’ time. The Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made in Egypt before the birth of Jesus), added the brief psalm, King David telling only two stories of his celebrated life: (1) that though he was smaller than his brothers, God chose him while keeping his father’s sheep; (2) and though much smaller than Goliath, he defeated the giant in bloody battle.Only in 1956, with the excavation of Cave 11 at the Dead Sea, did it become known that Psalm 151 had a Hebrew original. Still, the Cave 11 scroll told ONLY those two early stories told of David’s incredible life.So, you see, Psalm 151 is very real, but in Dancing with David I imagine a new Dead Sea discovery in 2021 that proves to be the original psalm, King David’s autobiography, inscribed on six limestone tablets that relate much more of his life, filling in the gaps all the way to his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem, allowing the reader to “Dance with David” as he leads the Ark of the Covenant into the city.But there’s a mystery. The sixth tablet tells of a hidden Seventh Tablet, King David’s dying words and prophecy, which must be discovered before the land of Israel could know healing and peace. The Seventh Tablet must be discovered, the prophecy foretold, by David’s Kochav Hayam (Hebrew = Star of the Sea), the Muse who had appeared throughout his life to help him overcome the chief enemy of his soul, Hakol (Hebrew = the Voice).This leads to a 2022 Holy Land quest for the Seventh Tablet, the Jewish professor/archaeologist (David Aaronson) joining with his former student and Christian pastor (Stella Maris).• Join Our Free Email Newsletter• Subscribe To The Podcast Anyway You Want• Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel (click that bell icon, too)• Join Our Facebook Group• Tell Your Friends About Our Show!Thanks to our exclusive media partner, KVRE

Our guest today is Siegfried Johnson. "Sieg" is the Senior Pastor of Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. He is also the author of a new book - a historical religious novel - "Dancing With David." Feathered Quill did a recent review of the book here. You can buy the book at Amazon. From Sieg's website we have this description of the book: “There are only 150 psalms in my Bible!” a friend said to me yesterday after seeing a summary of my new book, Dancing with David. “Is your Psalm 151 an invention of your imagination?” Well, yes and no. Since the late 1980s, working on the Dead Sea Scrolls in Ann Arbor, I’ve been fascinated with the non-biblical Psalm 151, which has been known since before Jesus’ time. The Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made in Egypt before the birth of Jesus), added the brief psalm, King David telling only two stories of his celebrated life: (1) that though he was smaller than his brothers, God chose him while keeping his father’s sheep; (2) and though much smaller than Goliath, he defeated the giant in bloody battle. Only in 1956, with the excavation of Cave 11 at the Dead Sea, did it become known that Psalm 151 had a Hebrew original. Still, the Cave 11 scroll told ONLY those two early stories told of David’s incredible life. So, you see, Psalm 151 is very real, but in Dancing with David I imagine a new Dead Sea discovery in 2021 that proves to be the original psalm, King David’s autobiography, inscribed on six limestone tablets that relate much more of his life, filling in the gaps all the way to his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem, allowing the reader to “Dance with David” as he leads the Ark of the Covenant into the city. But there’s a mystery. The sixth tablet tells of a hidden Seventh Tablet, King David’s dying words and prophecy, which must be discovered before the land of Israel could know healing and peace. The Seventh Tablet must be discovered, the prophecy foretold, by David’s Kochav Hayam (Hebrew = Star of the Sea), the Muse who had appeared throughout his life to help him overcome the chief enemy of his soul, Hakol (Hebrew = the Voice). This leads to a 2022 Holy Land quest for the Seventh Tablet, the Jewish professor/archaeologist (David Aaronson) joining with his former student and Christian pastor (Stella Maris). • Join Our Free Email Newsletter • Subscribe To The Podcast Anyway You Want • Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel (click that bell icon, too) • Join Our Facebook Group • Tell Your Friends About Our Show! Thanks to our exclusive media partner, KVRE