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That’s the feeling I get when I read this passage from the First Book of Maccabees. We're in the midst of political machinations and power plays in the ancient Levant. Ptolemy, a k...
It paints a picture of Simon Maccabeus, a leader who didn't just rule, but rebuilt. The text tells us, "He provided victuals for the cities, and set in them all manner of munition,...
The story of Simon Maccabeus, as told in the First Book of Maccabees, resonates with that unsettling truth. We find Simon, the leader who helped liberate Judea, doing what leaders ...
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...
The story centers around the prophet Jeremiah, a towering figure in Jewish tradition, known for his prophecies and lamentations. The text tells us that Jeremiah, deeply concerned a...
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...
He's responding to the claims of a writer named Apion, who seems to have a real bone to pick with the Jews of Alexandria. Apion, you see, is going after the Alexandrian Jews, criti...
It’s a question worth asking, because the answer might surprise you. : those who create systems of order, who value living under laws, they're often seen as better, more virtuous p...
The historian Flavius Josephus, writing in his treatise Against Apion, thought he had the answer, at least when it came to the Jewish people. And it all came down to a specific app...
