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We find it in the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text that retells and expands upon stories from Genesis. (It’s considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, by the way, ...
That feeling, that primal dread of exposure, is at the heart of this little snippet from the Book of Jubilees, chapter 43. Now, the Book of Jubilees, for those less familiar, is a ...
We all know the story of Joseph. Sold into slavery, falsely accused, imprisoned, but ultimately rising to become second-in-command in Egypt. But what happened after he interpreted ...
We pick up our narrative with Holofernes, the Assyrian general, riding high on a wave of conquest. The fanfare is deafening: "And all of the land all around went forth towards him ...
The story, as told in the Letter of Aristeas, is a fascinating glimpse into a world of kings, scholars, and, well, a whole lot of money. The narrative picks up with a pressing matt...
The Letter of Aristeas, an ancient text that purports to describe the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, touches on this very question. Imagine the scene: Egyptian priests...
Take, for instance, that cryptic line in Genesis 15:16: "For the sins of the Amorites were not as yet completed." What does that even mean? It's a verse that on the surface seems s...
AND the Lord said to Abram, Go thou from thy land; separate thyself from thy kindred; go forth from the house of thy father; go into the land which I will show thee. And I will mak...
And Abram went up from Mizraim, he and his wife (and) all that he had; and Lot with him, to go to the south. And Abram had become very strong in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And...
