Parshat Mishpatim

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A collection of civil and criminal laws covering slavery, damages, lending, and the covenant ceremony at Sinai. Exodus 21:1-24:18.

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Apocrypha The Book of Maccabees I 14:33

About the moments when a community decides, "This is important. This needs to be remembered"? Let's travel back to a pivotal moment in Jewish history, a time of war, resilience, an...

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Antiochus Epiphanes and Noah

Apocrypha The Book of Maccabees I (Kahana Translation) 1:11

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...

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Joseph Receives the Torah and Moses

Josephus Against Apion 15:1

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...

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Moses: Joseph and the Origins of the World

Josephus Against Apion 17:1

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...

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Descent to Sheol

Josephus Against Apion 18:1

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...

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Torah from Heaven

Josephus Against Apion 20:1

It’s a charge that’s been leveled against the Jewish people for centuries. Even Josephus, way back in the first century C.E., tackled this very criticism in his work, Against Apion...

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Mouth of the Abyss

Josephus Against Apion 21:1

Josephus, a fascinating figure from the first century – a Jewish historian who lived through the Roman conquest of Judea – grappled with this very question in his writings. In his ...

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Wages of Sin

Josephus Against Apion 23:1

Josephus, in his work Against Apion, gives us a glimpse into the Jewish understanding of this concept, and it’s surprisingly profound. Josephus argues that there should be one cent...

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Cosmic Origins

Josephus Against Apion 25:1

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...

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