Saker interviews Michael Hoffman - definitive JQ author - [MINISTRY] [WAR]

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On Jun 23, 2018, 5:34 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

> ** 'Orthodox Judaism Is a Religion of Lying and Deceit' - The Saker
> Interviews Michael Hoffman
>
> http://www.unz.com/tsaker/an-interview-with-michael-a-hoffman-ii/
>
> https://russia-insider.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa2faf7034c3c3c413cb3652f&id=d3b71de342&e=5110f4b440
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> by Michael Hoffman Unz Review (1,109 views) on Fri, Jun 22, 2018
>
> Hoffman is author of the academic work 'Judaism's Strange Gods',
> amongst other books.
>
> Introduction by the Saker: I have always had a passion for theology
> in general and the studies of religions in general. Several years
> ago I discovered, quite by chance, a book written by Michael A.
> Hoffman II entitled Judaism’s Strange Gods
> https://www.amazon.com/Judaisms-Strange-Gods-Revised-Expanded/dp/0970378483/?tag=unco037-20
> which I found most interesting and thought provoking.
>
> Reading that book, I felt that I wanted to find out much more and I
> ended up ordering and reading Michael A. Hoffman II’s magnum opus
> Judaism Discovered: A Study of the Anti-Biblical Religion of Racism,
> Self-Worship, Superstition and Deceit
> https://www.amazon.com/Judaism-Discovered-Anti-Biblical-Self-Worship-Superstition/dp/0970378459
> which absolutely amazed me: over 1000 pages packed with information,
> sources and most interesting analyses. Needless to say, the book was
> also very controversial and elicited all sorts of negative reactions
> from various reviewers.
>
> Here I need to immediately begin by a disclaimer: while the topic of
> “Rabbinical Phariseism” (modern “Judaism” should be called something
> like “Rabbinical Phariseism” since all modern Judaic denomination
> are descendants of the sect of the Pharisees; furthermore, this
> religion is dramatically different from the religion of Abraham,
> Isaac and Jacob: it is the religion of Maimonides, Karo, Luria and
> others) has always fascinated me and while I do have a graduate
> degree in theology, I am absolutely not qualified to endorse or
> refute the views of Hoffman.
>
> What I can say is that his books are very well written, well
> researched, fully sourced and that I see no contradictions between
> what he wrote and the little I personally know about this topic. As
> for his critique of the religion of the Rabbinical Pharisees (from
> which all form of modern “Orthodox Judaism” stem from), it is not
> “racist” in any way: unlike ethnicity, a ---religion is a personal
> choice and thus a legitimate target for scrutiny and criticism---
> and Hoffman’s condemnation of Rabbinical Phariseism is in no way
> harsher than the writings of Church Fathers like Saint Justin
> Martyr, Saint John Chrysostome, Saint Cyprian of Carthage or Saint
> Ephrem the Syrian.
>
> Hoffman recently published another amazing book, the 700 pages long
> “The Occult Renaissance Church of Rome”
> https://www.amazon.com/Occult-Renaissance-Church-Rome/dp/0990954722/?tag=unco037-20
> which I began reading (I am about 1/3rd through) with, again, rapt
> interest. Yet again, here was a very well researched and beautifully
> controversial book which gave me as strong desire to speak with the
> author and, luckily for me, Michael A. Hoffman II has kindly agree
> to replies to my questions to him on his life and research. The
> following is the full unedited Q&A with I had with him.
>
> …
>
> Enjoy...
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