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It's about the stories we tell, the records we keep. Take Simon the Maccabee, for example. He wasn't just a warrior; he was a leader who understood the power of alliances and the i...
That's the situation Simon Maccabeus faced. The story unfolds in the First Book of Maccabees, chapter 14. We're stepping back into a turbulent time for the Jewish people, a time of...
We’re dropped right into a world teetering on the edge. The passage speaks of a time after a ruler's death, a time when his sons, dripping with royal ambition, seize power. "And th...
Some feel ancient, etched in stone, while others… well, they have a specific, traceable origin. to one such story, connected to Ḥanukkah and the rededication of the Temple, but roo...
Today, let's dive into one such fragment, courtesy of Flavius Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish scholar. He's quoting an Egyptian historian named Manetho in his work Agains...
Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish scholar, takes on Apion's wild accusations in his work Against Apion, and it’s a doozy. Apion, in his eagerness to smear the Jewish people...
Philo, the great Jewish philosopher of Alexandria, grappled with these questions centuries ago. And his interpretations, preserved in what we call The Midrash of Philo, offer a fas...
to a fascinating little corner of Jewish thought that wrestles with exactly this question, found in The Midrash of Philo. Philo, in this particular midrash, is grappling with the s...
Philo, that brilliant Jewish philosopher from Alexandria, had thoughts on this. He saw the story of the "younger" son not just as a matter of birth order, but as a reflection of th...
