BIBLICAL STUDIES

Contents Introduction II. (The) Am haAretz III. Concluding Comments Illustrations and Tables Figure 1 The Halakah Hedge. Figure 2. Burdening (The) Am haAretz  Table 1. Socio-political-religious Groups, Parties, and Sects in or Influential to Judaism Works Cited and References Notes ntroduction   To discuss the Am haAretz[1] of first-century Palestine, the period that corresponds to our […]

Contents I. Introduction II. The Preservation Of Judaism At Jamnia III. The Planting of The Christian Church IV. Concluding Comments Illustrations And Tables Figure 1. Jamnia approximate Works Cited Notes N/A . I. Introduction   An apt lead-in to this study would be a scholarly discussion of the Jewish Roman War of AD 66-70. The

I. Introduction The text of the Song of Deborah is largely recognized to be very early Hebrew; it is generally ascribed to sometime in the twelfth-century BC. As such, the song presents us invaluable glimpses into the sociopolitical makeup of Israel shortly after its conquest of Canaan, and therefore especially revealing is Israel’s early structure

Contents I. Introduction II. The Holy Book: Lost, Found, Founded III. Torah and the Maccabean Revolt IV. Torah and the Hasmonean Dynasty V. Torah and the Roman Period VI. Concluding Comments Illustrations And Tables    Figure 1. Torah scroll at old Glockengasse Synagogue    Table 1. Socio-political-religious Groups, Parties, and Sects in or Influential to

Introduction What witnesses do we have to the life of Jesus Christ and which is the best? There are essentially five witnesses that attest to the life of Jesus Christ: 1.) The canonical gospels. 2.) Non-Christian Jewish material. 3.) New Testament text outside of the canonical gospels. 4.) Non-canonical gospels. 5.) Roman material.   We