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The Hanukkah Story
by Midnight Freemason ContributorWB Darin A. Lahners I was amazed to see that when I did a search of the blog that we only had one article that
Tag : Second Temple
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Light Shines Brightest in the Dark
The role of discipleship is the greatest honor and purpose a human being can accept. Discipleship means living a life dedicated to God, carrying out
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Investigating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Take a pilgrimage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the holiest site in Christendom, in the Spring 2021 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review.
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A Monumental Herodian (Hasmonean?) Hall in Jerusalem — Behind the Scenes of the Western Wall
Near the Western Wall in Jerusalem, there is a Monumental Hall that dates to the late Second Temple Period (New Testament era). There is some
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Excellent Video Interview with Daniel Gurtner on Pseudepigrapha
https://amzn.to/33N6WbE I recently wrote about my excitement over Daniel Gurtner’s new book, Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple
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Straus Center Class Spotlight: The Architecture of Election
Dr. Joseph Angel This semester, Dr. Joseph Angel, associate professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva College, is teaching The Architecture of Election:
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If SOAS Cares For Its Reputation It Should Send Racist Professor Heszer, Head of the Jewish Studies Centre, on an Unpaid Vacation to learn what Zionism means for the Palestinians
According to Hezser’s article in the Jewish Chronicle she is bewildered where the ‘erroneous and simplistic equation’ between Zionism &
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2,000-year-old Mikveh found in Lower Galilee
2,000-year-old Galilee farm with ritual bath (lower right). Photo: Abd Ibrahim, IAA An archaeological salvage dig found the remains of a Jewish
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2,000-year-old Inkwell Found in Khirbet Brakhot
Photo: Archaeology Unit at the Civil Administration A rare intact inkwell was found in a large Second Temple period building. It is a clay cylinder
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Royal Portico on the Temple Mount
ORIT PELEG-BARKATARCH NEMESIS. Jutting out from the southern part of the Western Wall are remnants of Robinson’s Arch, which helped archaeologists
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The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity
2019.12.17 | Eva Mroczek. The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. pp xi+269. ISBN: