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eMESSIANICA
The Ultimate
Messianic
Resource
Discover the
Jewish roots
of Christianity







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eMESSIANICA : 'Community in your PC'.

Saltshakers proudly introduce a complete Christian community on a CDROM. A world's first, eMESSIANICA provides the most up-to-date teaching from and information on the growing world-wide Messianic community, the community of Christians eager to discover the Hebrew roots of their faith.

FEATURES | 100 THINGS TO DO WITH IT | DEMONSTRATION | CONTENTS
GALLERY FEATURES | AVAILABILITY AND COST


Features:

  • Over 4,000 pages (initially) of modern messianic articles, historical writings and answers to common questions
  • Integrated KJV Bible
  • Full set of indexes and search facilities
  • Gallery of art, photographs and instructional interactive exercises
  • Updatable from the internet (available soon). Content expected to double in size every year.
  • Fully interactive environment that anyone can contribute to (optional) and linked to a Web Forum
  • Unique linking system allowing complex studies to be built up
  • 800 word glossary, with Yiddish dictionary and access to on-line Hebrew dictionary
  • Access to network of messianic web sites, including daily prayers and a weekly parashah

Produced by Saltshakers Ltd, responsible for the Lion CDROM of the Bible and Christianity, The Jesus Story Begins, the Hodder NIV Thematic Study Bible, Conflict in Jerusalem, Discover the Truth, Risen!, That Amazing Week! and The Olive. We also run the world's most comprehensive network of Messianic web sites (www.saltshakers.com), offering news, views, teaching, shopping, a Forum, a notice board and much more.

THE ULTIMATE MESSIANIC RESOURCE

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100 things to do with eMESSIANICA

Find out how to run a Passover Seder. Find a good, clean, Jewish joke. Get a selection of articles that commentate on Jeremiah 31:31. Remind yourself about Romans 12:1. See different writers' views on Melchizidek. See a collection of everyday Jewish art. Find and use Jewish and messianic art. Play messianic music, recorded as live worship. Search for writings on the subject of 'salt'. Get a commentary of Matthew 5:1, from a Hebraic viewpoint. Look at a good testimony. See what's news in Israel this week. Look up Talmidim in a glossary of Hebraic terms. Find a different prayer every day, relevant to Israel and the Jewish people. Gain access to the world's largest directory of web sites of interest to Messianic believers. Look at a Messianic Notice Board. Contribute to a Forum on Messianic matters, with people the world over. Communicate with the author of any article that has an impact on you. Be linked up to web sites relevant to the article you've just read. Have access to a Messianic shop. Receive the latest writings from the Messianic world every other month. See other writings by the author of the article you've just read. See other writings on the same topic as the article you've just read. See other writings on similar topics as the article you've just read. Find other articles that mention a word that interests you in the current article. Find other articles that refer to a Bible verse that interests you in the current article. Explore different aspects of a Messianic lifestyle. Look through an index of over 300 relevant questions ... and explore how each question can be answered in up to 10 different ways! Print any article that interests you. Copy any part of any article and paste it into your own word processor. Call up a simple notepad for your personal notes. Look at a relevant interactive study on a messianic theme. See a video of an unique Hebrew Roots study course. Write personal notes on any article and tag them to the article. Send these notes to our web site and find them distributed to people the world over. Become an active member of a growing worldwide Messianic community. Write your own article and see it published in the next Internet update. Have immediate access to us through our web site. Page back through previous articles you've looked at. Search the Bible on any given word you may type in. Search the Bible on any given word you find in any article. Look at this week's Parashah. Explore the web site of article author's ministry. Discover all 613 Laws of Moses. Find the messianic significance of the Feasts of Israel. Explore writings on the true date of Jesus' birth. Explore the Jewishness of Jesus and the early Church. Find what Mark Twain had to say about the Jews. Get the script of two Purim comedy plays. Get the truth on the Church's treatment of the Jews. Get different viewpoints on the Holocaust. Explore Anti-Semitism and it's spiritual significance. Read about the Bible Codes. Discover Jesus in the Old Testament. Get recipes for the various Jewish festivals. Look at the political situation in Israel. Get insights into the history of Israel. See Israel in prophetic terms. Look at the various attributes of God. Try to understand aspects of Messianic theology. Try to understand the dietary laws. Get new insights into Pauls letters. Learn to use Midrash to interpret the Bible. Learn the Hebrew equivalents of popular New Testament names and terms. Discover why there is the need to rediscover the Jewish Roots of Christianity. Use a Hebrew dictionary. Use a Yiddish dictionary. Gain fresh insights into Jesus’ final week. Learn about Palestine at the time of Jesus. Gain fresh insights on the Sabbath. Explore Hebrew word studies. Learn about the place of Torah for the Christian. Learn how to build a Sukkah. Gain fresh insights from our 150 authors. Learn of ‘future things’. Find the contents of any Bible reference in any article. Respond to someone else’s comments on an article. Receive comments from all over the world on various articles. Engage in a lively debate on ‘Who is a Jew’. See the movements of the Patriarchs on maps. Explore and experiment with the Torah Codes. Discover the differences between Israel and the Church. See the modern history of Israel on maps. Explore Hebrew names interactively. Follow through an exposition of Jeremiah 30. Explore the question, What is Israel? Gain insights on the current relationship between the Church and Israel. Discover the Hebrew names for the Books of the Bible. Explore the King James Bible. Build up a study thread of articles and move back through the list. Explore a glossary of nearly 800 Hebraic terms. Contribute effectively to future developments with material or suggestions. Discover the Names of God. Be able to respond to any material that you strongly disagree with. Look at various messianic viewpoints of the End Times. Learn more about Torah. Gain insights into why Jews have problems with Jesus. Watch as the content and facilities increase through the year and from year to year. Make your friends envious of your ‘community on your PC’. + plenty more that we haven’t even got around to listing ...

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Demonstration: The following 2 screens are a reasonable representation of the look of eMESSIANICA. On publication, other features, not mentioned here, may also be included. Move your mouse pointer around and click on any element that you wish to know more about.

FRONT PAGE

Saltshakers eMESSIANICA Authors index Index for gallery Index of historical articles Search Bible Search content of articles Topic index Index of 'ask the messianic rabbi' questions Index of contemporary articles Date of expiry of Internet facilities Current date Email address of registered person Who product is registered to Parashah for today Prayer for Today Help Contact us Go to Web Forum Go to main menu Yiddish dictionary Hebrew dictionary Glossary Print current article Search the Bible Web links for current article Gallery index Author index Topical index Index of Hebraic commentary of Gospels Index of 'ask the messianic rabbi' questions Index of contemporary articles Index of contemporary articles Help functions various search facilities select various functions Personal notes system Moving around Access to Internet for web sites and functions Access to galleries Access to the various indexes Basic functions

FILE OPTIONS From here you can: Register the product, Print article, Access notepad, Exit
INDEX OPTIONS From here you can access the following indexes: Contemporary articles, Historical articles, 'Ask the Messianic Rabbi' questions, Gospel commentaries, Topics, Author, Bible
GALLERY OPTIONS Enter the following galleries: Interactive, Pictures
INTERNET OPTIONS From here you can: Receive Internet updates, Register for updates, Contact us (with comments, notes, articles etc), Link to relevant web sites
NAVIGATION From here you can: Go forward, backwards and back to Main Menu
PERSONAL NOTES OPTIONS From here you can access the Notes system: to create, modify and save your personal notes for any article, send these notes through the Web and display other people's notes for the article
OPTIONS Displays default options for the product, enabling you to modify them
SEARCH OPTIONS From here you can search: Articles, glossary, Bible (By word and by reference)
HELP OPTIONS From here you can access:Introduction to product, Help facility, Links for support and to our Forum, Credits etc
CONTEMPORARY ARTICLE INDEX From here you can: Access any of the 1000+ articles written by contemporary messianic authors
HISTORICAL ARTICLE INDEX From here you can: Access any of the writings of historical authors
'ASK THE MESSIANIC RABBIS' INDEX From here you can: Access any of the 320+ questions and 2000+ answers in our database
HEBRAIC COMMENTARY OF GOSPELS INDEX From here you can: Access our growing (not yet complete) commentary, that is also integrated with the relevant Bible verses
TOPIC INDEX From here you can: Access any page from an index of 49 topical areas
AUTHOR INDEX From here you can: Access any page from an index of the 190 contributing authors
LINKS TO WEB SITES From here you can: Access any relevant web sites for the current article
BIBLE SEARCH From here you can: Search the KJV Bible on any given word
PRINT From here you can: Print the current article
GLOSSARY From here you can: Access our 800+ word Glossary of Hebraic terms
HEBREW From here you can: Access information about the Hebrew language and link to an on-line Hebrew dictionary
YIDDISH From here you can: Access information about the Yiddish language and access a dictionary of Yiddish terms
MAIN MENU From here you can: Go to the Main Menu (front page)
FORUM From here you can: Access our on-line Forum
CONTACT US From here you can: Access our comprehensive on-line contact form
DAILY PRAYER From here you can: Access our on-line Prayer requests (Prayer Alert!) for the current day
WEEKLY PARASHAH From here you can: Access an on-line selection of weekly parashot
REGISTER To use our internet facilities you need to be registered. This is the name you've registered as.
EMAIL This is your e-mail address, as understood by our system. This is your key for receiving updates.
CURRENT DATE This is the current date, as understood by your system
EXPIRY DATE This is the date that your internet options cease, according to our records
SEARCH CONTENT From here you can: Search for any word on any page

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MAIN PAGE

Saltshakers eMESSIANICA Current thread List of all articles/answers already visited so far List of all articles in Current Thread Search for text in all articles Move to next article in current thread Move to previous article in current thread Change current thread Personal notes attached to article Article content Topic of article (also secondary topics in drop down menu) Author of article Number of articles in current thread Title of article Help Contact us Go to Web Forum Go to main menu Yiddish dictionary Hebrew dictionary Glossary Print current article Search the Bible Web links for current article Gallery index Author index Topical index Index of Hebraic commentary of Gospels Index of 'ask the messianic rabbi' questions Index of contemporary articles Index of contemporary articles Help functions various search facilities select various functions Personal notes system Moving around Access to Internet for web sites and functions Access to galleries Access to the various indexes Basic functions

THREAD This tells you which thread you are on (Topic, Author ..)
HISTORY This will list up to 50 of the previous pages you have visited, whether articles or answers to questions
CURRENT THREAD This will list all of the articles within the current thread
NEXT From here you can go to the next article in the current thread
BACK From here you can go to the previous article in the current thread
CHANGE THREAD Use this to change thread, from author to topic and vice versa
PERSONAL NOTES SYSTEM This option will enable you to add, modify and send notes, which are attached to this article - you can also see other people's notes (if you have the Internet facility)
ARTICLE TEXT This is the text of the current article
TOPIC This is the Primary Topic for the current article. A drop-down menu will take you to any secondary Topics associated with this article
AUTHOR The author of this article
ARTICLE This shows you how many articles there are in the current thread
TITLE The Title of the current article

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Contents: eMESSIANICA will start with around 4000 pages of content, including 1000 articles from contemporary authors, 80 historical articles, 320 'Ask the Messianic Rabbi' questions, with over 2000 answers, a 800 word dictionary, initial Gospel commentary pages, full KJV Bible, Yiddish dictionary and the contents of the Gallery. There is not enough room for a list of the pages, but here's (give or take one or two) a list of authors: (in no particular order)

A.H. Barbee, AMF, Andy Gould, Apocalyptic Hope, Arno Froese, Art Katz, Arthur E. Glass, Arthur Kac, Assn T-O Messianics, Avi Ben Mordechai, Beth Emanuel, Bob Edwards, Carol Calise, Chaim, Charles Halff, Chosen People Min., Clarence Wagner, Clinton N. Howard, Cong. Yeshuat Yisrael, Dallas E. James, David Baron, David Brewer, David Brown, David Hall, David M. Hargis, Deborah Steiner, Doug Wheeler, Edward Chumney, Elias E. Hidalgo, Fred Klett, Gary Hedrick, Glen Penton, Greg Killian, Haim Levi, HaKesher, HaTikvat Yisrael, HaY'Did, Hear Now, IFMJ, Jacob Prasch, Jenny Morris, John F. Walvoord, Jonathan Settel, Joseph Frankovic, Julio Dam, Loren Jacobs, Louis R. Latino, Luana Fabry, Mayim Hayim, Messianic.COM, Midnight Call, Mike Gascoigne, Milton Lindberg, Mordecai Silver, Moreh Dunteman, Norbert Lieth, Philip Nowland, R. Steven Notley, Rachmiel Frydland, Randy Felton, Reb Yeshayah, Reggie Kelly, Ron Moseley, Salvador-Kessler, Sharon Childress, Shema Yisrael, Sound of the Shofar, Stanley Wagner, Steve Maltz, The Burning Bush, Tom McCall, Toni Goriss, Tony Pearce, Yehoshua Fosdick, Yehoshua M. Othniel, Yeshayahu Heiliczer, PFI, Bob Doty, Derek White, Rav Mikha'el, Jan Kapteyn, Howard Morgan, John Garr, Karl Coke, Leon Mohammed, Isaac Rottenberg, Frederick Schweitzer, David Andrew, John Looper, William Cheshire, Chaim Richman, William Bean, Robert Somerville, Kirk Gulledge, Terril Littrell, Kenny Mitchell, Mike Dowgiewicz, Marvin Wilson, James Rutz, Dwight Pryor, Clifford Denton, Arnella Rose, Samuele Bacchiocchi, Lenore Lindsay Mullican, Jimmilea Berryhill, JoAnn Magnuson, Goran Larsson, Charles Bryant-Abraham, Brad Young, Princess Esther Sellassie Antohin, Sidney Davis, Randy Weiss, Daniel Juster, Robin Sampson, Lisa Ekdahl, Rimona Frank, First Fruits of Zion, Keren Golan, Rittie Katz, Reuven Ben-Israel, Sean Aaron Osborne, Chaim Washer, Shoshana Bat Zion, Joseph Shulam, Ariel Berkowitz, Michael Hillel, Michael Moshe, David Friedman, Tikvah Michael, Uri Marcus, Gordan Tessler, Boaz Michael, Vered Hillel, Tom Mitchell, Ariel ben-Lyman HaNaviy, David Alan Faber, Michael Weiner, Derek Prince, Bruce Booker, Keith Watt, Reuben ben Gershom-Goossens, Yosef Garcia, Moshe Zew, Michael Short, Barbara Di Gilio, Laura Allen, Michael Silver, Randolph Parrish, Paul Aaron Fawcett, Jack Zimmerman , T. Ellis, Mary Barnard, John Webb, Timothy P. Mcmahon, Corey and Carol Foegen , Maureen E. Driedger, Jeff Bainbridge, Lee Mowat, Elaine Hodges, John Wiliams, Derek Kyle Cheek, Rick Carr, Brian Lantz, ESterling, Sandra Laythorpe, Bob Davis, Pamela Morgan, Alan Ronk, Hoyat Gore, Adot Hariman, John Paige, Lori Moore, Daryl Daniels, Sholem Asch, Gustav Dalman, Alfred Edersheim, W.W. Kay, S.H. Kellogg, F.W. Krummacher, John Lightfoot, Alexander McCaul, Joseph Priestly, Israel's Advocate

This is just an initial list and will grow as more people contribute to eMESSIANICA. Some of the names are well known, others are not, all are equally valid, even if you do not subscribe to their views. eMESSIANICA provides a Forum for all - even if you wish to comment on or criticise any article that you see. eMESSIANICA will enable discussions to be built up over time on any article within its pages - so, if you disagree, contribute!

If you purchase the Internet-ready version of eMESSIANICA, you will be provided with 5 Internet updates, every two months and one CDROM upgrade later in 2001. Every update will contain at least 200 new pages of articles/writings, as well as gallery updates and around 200 new answers to 'ask the messianic rabbi'. The annual CDROM upgrade will contain new features and a lot more new material. For those who purchase the Internet-ready version, it is expected that eMESSIANICA will double in size by the end of the year.

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Gallery: The Gallery is the place where you'll find content other than the straight text that you've seen elsewhere in eMESSIANICA. The Gallery covers interactive studies and art (music and video to come later). Initially, the content is as follows:

  1. Interactive Studies
    • The Patriarchs and their wanderings
    • Torah Codes - septenary design
    • Israel and the Church - what the Bible says
    • Israel - modern history in maps
    • Hebrew Names
    • An exposition of Jeremiah 30
    • What is Israel?
  2. Art Galleries
    • Yiddische Gallery
    • Visions of the Navi'im


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Availability and cost:

eMESSIANICA will be initially available in November. You will be able to purchase it through Saltshaker's Messianic Mall.

PRICING:

Stand-alone (STANDARD) version: £29.95 (about $US 46)
This is for the standard product as described in our features section. All material is fixed and, although there will be links to Web sites and our Forum, you won't have any of the Internet Update features. You may at any time upgrade to the Internet-ready version at a cost of £25 (about $US 38).

Internet-ready (SPECIAL) version: £49.95 (about $US 76)
This is as the standard product, but also includes Internet Updates - you will be provided with 5 Internet updates, every two months and one CDROM upgrade later in 2001. Every update will contain at least 200 new pages of articles/writings, as well as gallery updates and around 200 new answers to 'ask the messianic rabbi'. The annual CDROM upgrade will contain new features and a lot more new material. For those who purchase this version, it is expected that eMESSIANICA will double in size by the end of the year.

THIS VERSION WILL BECOME AVAILABLE SOON - DEPENDING ON SALES OF STAND-ALONE VERSION

There are two ways to purchase this CDROM.

  1. Buy it with a Credit Card using our secure server at The Messianic Mall.
  2. Buy it with a cheque (check). Please send cheque made out to 'Saltshakers Ltd' to Saltshakers Ltd, PO BOX 16817, LONDON E13 8TR UK. Please add £1 postage for UK, $3 for USA. Dealer discounts available. Minimum: Pentium II PC 150MHz, 16Mb RAM. For an order form to print out, click here >>>ORDER FORM
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