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We often think of the classic texts – the Torah, the Midrash – but there's a whole other world of accounts out there, often written by those not so fond of the Jewish people. Let's...
He claimed they swore "by God, the Maker of the heaven, and earth, and sea, to bear no good will to any foreigner, and particularly to none of the Greeks." Now, Josephus, the Jewis...
Enter Apion, a Graeco-Egyptian intellectual from the 1st century CE. Josephus, the famous Jewish historian, wrote a whole treatise Against Apion to defend Judaism against his sland...
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...
Most people, as Josephus points out in his treatise Against Apion, are pretty clueless about their own legal systems. They bumble along, accidentally break a rule, and only then do...
The first-century historian Josephus, in his work Against Apion, offers a fascinating perspective on this very question when describing the Jewish people. He highlights a remarkabl...
Isn't it amazing to consider the different ways people organize their societies, and how those structures reflect their deepest beliefs? : what could be a more sacred form of gover...
He argues that the strength of a community isn't found in fleeting celebrations or momentary pleasures, but in the consistent, dedicated education of its children. for a second. Jo...
