Parshat Vayeshev

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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

Epaphroditus's Transgression

Josephus Against Apion 1:2

That’s the situation the historian Josephus found himself in, and it led him to write one of his most passionate works, Against Apion. He begins this work by addressing a man named...

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Moshe Rabbenu and Creation

Josephus Against Apion 35:1

Ever hear a story so outlandish, so dripping with bias, that you just have to raise an eyebrow and ask, "Really?" That's exactly the kind of tale we're diving into today, thanks to...

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Cosmic Origins and Greeks

Josephus Against Apion 10:1

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...

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Wisdom Calls Out and From

Josephus Against Apion 12:1

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...

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Seven Heavens

Josephus Against Apion 34:1

And let's just say, he wasn't a fan. Josephus minces no words. He tells us that the "wisest men" justly rebuked these notions, openly mocking the idea that gods could be young and ...

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Socrates Faces Judgment

Josephus Against Apion 37:1

Our guide is Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish historian. In his work Against Apion, he defends Judaism against its detractors. And in doing so, he offers a fascinating, an...

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Sabbath Candles

Josephus Against Apion 41:1

The ancient writer Josephus, in his powerful work Against Apion, gives us a glimpse into the heart of Jewish values, and it's a vision that still resonates today. He’s essentially ...

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Targum Jonathan on Genesis 37

Midrash Aggadah Targum Jonathan on Genesis 37

And Jakob dwelt in peace in the land of the sojourning of his fathers, in the land of Kenaan. These are the generations of Jakob. Joseph was a son of seventeen years. He had come f...

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Targum Jonathan on Genesis 38

Midrash Aggadah Targum Jonathan on Genesis 38

It was at that time that Jehuda had gone down from his property, and separated himself from his brethren, and had inclined to a man an Adullemite whose name was Hira, that Jehudah ...

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