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It’s a book filled with fascinating expansions on the stories we find in Genesis, and here, we find a heartfelt plea passed down through generations. This passage comes in the 36th...
to one of those today, a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of Moses' infancy. We all know the story: Pharaoh, gripped by fear of the Israelites' growing numbers, decrees that ...
We all know the broad strokes – the decree, the basket, the river. But have you ever stopped to consider the details, the near-miraculous chain of events that had to unfold just so...
A world without evil. Sounds pretty good. The Book of Jubilees, a text from around the 2nd century BCE, paints just such a picture. It's not part of the standard Hebrew Bible, but ...
Judith, remember, is the brave and beautiful widow who's infiltrated the enemy camp of Holofernes, the Assyrian general laying siege to her city, Bethulia. She's pretending to be a...
It's the stuff of legends. And in the Book of Judith, we get a glimpse into the immediate aftermath of her incredible act, the moment when the people realize just what she's done. ...
The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating text that purports to be from the time of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek (the Septuagint), grapples with this very question. I...
Everyone retires, full of food and, no doubt, thought. But the next day, the intellectual feast truly begins. The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating historical text, gives us a glim...
Antiochus, king of the Seleucid Empire, knew that feeling all too well. Imagine this: you're a powerful ruler, used to getting your way. Then you hear the news: your viceroy, Nican...
