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The story continues with Holofernes, the general of Nebuchadnezzar's army, and his relentless campaign of conquest. After his initial victories, the text tells us, "And from there ...
And in chapter 7, the pressure really starts to mount. Remember Holofernes? The arrogant general of the Assyrian army? He’s been laying siege to the city of Bethulia, and he's list...
It’s a story packed with adventure, piety, and a healthy dose of divine intervention. to a particularly intense moment from the beginning of the story. Our hero, Tobit, is in deep ...
And it all starts with a letter. The Letter of Aristeas, as it's known, recounts the tale of how the Torah—the first five books of Moses—came to be translated into Greek. Now, the ...
Sounds like something out of a movie. But this actually happened, according to the Book of Maccabees I! to this intriguing historical moment. The passage we're looking at comes fro...
Take the story of the Jewish people and their time in Egypt, for example. We all know the Exodus story from the Torah, but what did the Egyptians themselves say about it? That's wh...
The Jewish people have faced that challenge for centuries, and in his work Against Apion, Josephus steps up to the plate to set the record straight against a particularly virulent ...
The ancient sages certainly did. And they found profound meaning in that feeling. to a fascinating interpretation of a well-known biblical passage, explored in the Midrash of Philo...
Take the covenant God makes with Abraham in Genesis 15. It's a big moment. God promises Abraham this whole huge swathe of land for his descendants. But then it gets…well, geographi...
