Dr. Blosser grew up on a farm near Lancaster, Ohio. Dr. Blosser’s parents guided his discipleship at home with times of prayer, Bible study and memorization of Scripture. He prayed to trust Christ as his personal Savior in Sunday School when he was six years old. By the age of twelve, he sensed a call to enter Christian ministry.

He pursued an education that would prepare him for ministry, and received his Master of Divinity Degree from Concordia Theological Seminary. During this time, he began to explore the Bible in depth, and felt led to study Biblical languages in particular. He completed a Masters Degree in Hebrew and also a Ph.D. in Hebrew at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was greatly influenced by his mentor, Dr. Menaham Mansoor, a Dead Sea Scrolls scholar and an orthodox Jew, the chairman of the Hebrew and Semitic Department of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He taught that the Bible was written to be believed and he often asked, “What kind of person would teach others to doubt the Bible?”

Both Dr. Blosser and his wife, Mary, were impacted by the Jesus Movement Revival. They sensed their calling to work together in ministry as an Aquila and Priscilla team. Dr. Blosser pastored churches in Wisconsin and Minnesota, traveled and taught seminars, and taught in Bible colleges and seminaries. Dr. Blosser presently teaches Biblical Hebrew at a seminary in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Dr. Blosser’s wife has been active in Children’s Ministry, and both Dr. and Mrs. Blosser acknowledge the value and importance of faith being lived out in the home and the vital role of parents in the discipleship of their children. Dr. Blosser and his wife cherish their three grown children and eight wonderful grandchildren.

The Value and Importance of Studying the Hebrew Language

When Dr. Blosser began his pre-theological studies, he recognized a bent toward liberalism which caused to concern him in light of his evangelical teaching and training as a child and young adult. That is one of the main reasons Dr. Blosser chose to study Biblical languages, Hebrew and Greek, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

During his studies, Dr. Blosser came to the conclusion that Biblical Hebrew was the more important of the Biblical languages. This is because the Greek New Testament was filled with Hebraism, that is, the Jewish way of expressing something. Scholars have often failed to see the Greek New Testament as a Jewish document, and thus have read the Greek mind-set into the Greek New Testament. They have applied a Greek mind-set to the entire Bible, resulting in liberalism. The focus of the Greek language is on man, making man the measure of all things. The Greek language also stresses human reason, which according to Martin Luther, is the devil’s whore! As a result of man’s fall into sin, both man and his reason are fallen and are corrupt. A Greek world-view results in liberalism because scholars exalt themselves above the Sacred Scriptures using human reason to determine if this or that in the Bible can be believed. In contrast, the Hebrew language is rooted in God and in faith.

Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Hebrews 11:1, 3, 6 — 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. …. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. …. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

One of Jesus’ basic teachings was to have ‘faith in God’. You can observe the two mind-sets of the two languages differ from each other. The Hebraic mind-set offers the Bible student a Biblical world-view.

Dr. Blosser was greatly influenced by his mentor, Dr. Menaham Mansoor, an orthodox Jew, the chairman of the Hebrewa nd Semitic Department of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He taught that the Bible was written to be believed and he often asked— “What kind of person would teach others to doubt the Bible?” Dr. Mansoor had four principles to be used for the interpretation of the Bible—

1. The Bible was written to be believed.
2. The Bible was written to be interpreted literally.
3. The Bible is its own interpreter through parallel passages.
4. The Bible must be interpreted in the light of its historical background in order to recover what the author was really saying. This would include history, culture, custom and language (grammar and syntax).

This is how Dr. Blosser has created these Biblical studies in Hebrew thought. May you be spiritually blessed! Share with others what has blessed you. All materials may be reproduced for others or send them a link. Help others to be blessed with Bible treasures!

Numbers 6:24-26 —
24 “The LORD bless you and keep you;
25 The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you;
26 The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” ’