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10/17/2013 - Mary was taken to the temple on the fortieth day from Jesus’ birth to fulfill the requiremen... Read More
10/16/2013 - The shepherds went to the town of Bethlehem, obeying the word of the angels to go and witness the... Read More
10/15/2013 - A powerful earthquake struck the central islands of the Philippines today, measuring 7.1 or 7.2 on... Read More
Series: Post-Jerusalem Judaism - By the end of the Bar-Cochba revolt, the history of post-Jerusalem Judaism was only beginning. And yet the two revolts in which they suffered such disasters shaped the more subdued Judaism that emerged afterward. It was not that the Jews hated Rome less, b... Read More
It appears that the Palestinians are removing the old temple's middle wall of partition, which has been buried for 1900 years. That was the wall that separated Jewish men from Jewish women and from non-Jews, on the religious belief that they were less... Read More
Series: Post-Jerusalem Judaism - In spite of Rabbi Akiba's confidence that Bar Cochba was the "Messianic King," and in spite of the name change from Bar Kosiba ("son of lies") to Bar Cochba ("son of the star"), the Jewish "messiah" was not very... Read More
Series: Post-Jerusalem Judaism - The Bar-Cochba revolt began during the latter part of the reign of Emperor Trajan and concluded under the reign of Hadrian, his adopted son. Hadrian came to the throne in August, 117 A.D. and finally suppressed the revolt in 135 A.D. Trajan had given unli... Read More
Series: Post-Jerusalem Judaism - Though the Jews had been conquered and devastated from 66-73 A.D., they were not yet totally banned from setting foot in the remains of Jerusalem. About ten years after the destruction of Jerusalem, Gamaliel took charge of the newly organized Sanhedrin in... Read More
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