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That's kind of what went down between Moses and the Egyptian magicians, according to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating early medieval text that delves into biblical narratives....
That feeling of déjà vu, that unsettling sense that we've been here before… it's a powerful one, and it echoes through Jewish history, particularly when we talk about exile. Sifrei...
The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text, gives us a beautiful glimpse into that very moment. Picture this: Rebecca, Jacob's mother, is waiting, her heart pounding. She’s been ...
Let’s talk about Judith. We usually meet her in the thick of the action, facing down Holofernes, but what about before all that? What shaped her into the woman who could save her p...
We often think of physical strength, maybe a warrior’s prowess. But sometimes, the greatest courage lies in something far more subtle. It lies in…transformation. Let's turn our att...
Josephus begins by expressing his astonishment at those who insist on relying solely on Greek sources when seeking information about the most ancient events. Why, he asks, should w...
Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish historian, grappled with this very question when trying to explain why the Jewish people weren't as well-known to the Greeks as, say, the ...
It's an age-old problem, and one that the historian Josephus tackled head-on in his work, Against Apion. We're going to delve into one specific accusation hurled against the Jews i...
It comes to us from Apion, a Graeco-Egyptian intellectual who lived in the 1st century CE and who, shall we say, wasn't the biggest fan of the Jewish people. His writings, thankful...
