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The Book of Jubilees, a text that expands on the narratives in Genesis and Exodus, offers a fascinating glimpse into this very idea. It presents a world where our actions have cosm...
In it, we find a stark warning, a line drawn in the sand regarding actions so egregious that they warrant the ultimate penalty. The passage states, “And for this law there is no co...
to one of those today, a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of Moses' infancy. We all know the story: Pharaoh, gripped by fear of the Israelites' growing numbers, decrees that ...
We all know the broad strokes – the decree, the basket, the river. But have you ever stopped to consider the details, the near-miraculous chain of events that had to unfold just so...
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...
The Book of Judith, a story found in the Apocrypha, tells of a brave and pious Jewish woman who saves her people from the Assyrian general Holofernes. But before she steps into her...
This letter, if you're not familiar, supposedly recounts how the Septuagint – that's the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible – came to be. But tucked inside this historical (or p...
This is the world Megillat Antiochus throws us into. The story begins with a chilling proposition, whispered amongst the advisors of King Antiochus. "Come now," they urged, "let us...
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...
