Sacrifice

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Explore 574 Jewish texts related to the theme of Sacrifice, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Noah at the Temple

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text that expands on the stories in Genesis, gives us a fascinating, detailed timeline of those pivotal moments. It's like having a cosmic c...

Noah Before the Altar

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

After all that devastation, how did Noah make things right again, not just with God, but with the very earth itself? Well, the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating ancient Jewish text, ...

Noah's Offering and Sacrifice

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

When Noah finally stepped onto dry land, one of the first things he did was offer a sacrifice. But what was so special about it? The Book of Jubilees, a text that expands on the st...

The Great Flood

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

This book, considered scripture by some and a valuable historical source by others, gives us a detailed look into the life of figures from the Hebrew Bible. Today, we’re focusing o...

Noah Before the Altar

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

We get a fascinating, if slightly scandalous, glimpse in the Book of Jubilees. Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and Exo...

Teachings of Moses

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called Lesser Genesis, is an ancient Jewish religious work of 2nd century BC origin. It retells parts of Genesis and Exodus, but with a unique spin,...

Abraham's Journey and Shechem

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

For a home, for a future, for a connection to something bigger than himself. And then he arrives at Shechem. The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text that expands on the stories we...

Abraham's Journey

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

It paints a vivid picture of Abraham’s arrival and his immediate actions. Imagine this: Abraham, having journeyed from Ur of the Chaldees – a long and arduous trek, no doubt – fina...

Pharaoh: Abram at the Dawn of Creation

Apocrypha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

It tells us, plainly and powerfully, that "Abram was very glorious by reason of possessions in sheep, and cattle, and asses, and horses, and camels, and menservants, and maidservan...