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We often read the stories of the Torah, of the Hebrew Bible, as one continuous flow, but sometimes pausing to consider when things happened adds a whole new layer of meaning. Take ...
And it's one that the Book of Jubilees tackles head-on. Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and Exodus, but with a distinc...
The Book of Jubilees, a text not included in the Hebrew Bible but considered sacred by some, gives us a peek into that world. Specifically, we're looking at chapter 21. Here, we fi...
It's easy to think of him as simply a messenger, a conduit for God's will. But the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text from around the 2nd century BCE, paints a picture of Moses t...
Antiochus, king of the Seleucid Empire, knew that feeling all too well. Imagine this: you're a powerful ruler, used to getting your way. Then you hear the news: your viceroy, Nican...
We find ourselves in a time of great upheaval. The story unfolds in the First Book of Maccabees (I Maccabees 2), a historical account, not part of the Hebrew Bible itself, but deep...
The Seleucid Empire, a dominant force in the ancient world, found itself in just such a predicament. Remember the Maccabees? That small but mighty group of Jewish rebels who dared ...
Genesis 7:4 tells us that the rain fell for this specific duration, but why this particular number? Philo, in his Midrash, delves into this very question, and his answer is surpris...
A microcosm of humanity, bobbing on a turbulent sea. Could you imagine the tensions? The sheer claustrophobia? It makes you wonder. The text known as the Midrash of Philo tackles t...
