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The Book of Jubilees, for those of you who aren’t familiar, is an ancient Jewish text. Think of it as a retelling – and slight expansion – of the Book of Genesis and the first part...
That’s the feeling that hangs in the air as we turn to the Book of Tobit, specifically chapter 7. Remember Tobiyyah, our hero, sent on a quest to retrieve some much-needed silver? ...
He’s just given his daughter’s hand in marriage to Tobias, a young man he barely knows. But here's the kicker: Sarah has a terrible history. Seven previous grooms, each one dead on...
The Book of Tobit, a beautiful story nestled within the Apocrypha, gives us just that kind of moment. It's a story filled with faith, healing, and a hidden angel in disguise. We ar...
But there’s also another set of treasures that had a similar effect: the vessels created for the Temple in Jerusalem during the time of the Second Temple. And the Letter of Aristea...
It's more than just a matter of taste, that's for sure. The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating text from the Hellenistic period, offers one particularly intriguing interpretation. I...
But that lifeline comes with a catch – a compromise of everything you hold sacred. That’s the agonizing dilemma faced by the Jews in Megillat Antiochus, a scroll recounting the eve...
That feeling, that raw, desperate plea, it's woven deep into the fabric of Jewish history. And it echoes powerfully in the Second Book of Maccabees. This book, part of the Apocryph...
Today, we're diving into one such path, guided by the words of Josephus, a first-century Romano-Jewish historian. He's responding to some pretty harsh claims made by an Egyptian pr...
