My parents have always referred to this plant simply as ‘riza’, which is just the Greek word for ‘root’. My father described it as some kind of wild onion, because of the shape of the root. Years later, when I looked up this plant online, I realised my father’s description was...
” So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.” When He had said...
for the Jesus Seminar's "Scholars Version" translation of the Infancy Gospel of James, has been divided differently than in earlier critical editions to encourage precise notation. CHAPTER 1 (1) In the histories of the twelve tribes of Israel, Joachim was an extremely rich man. (2) He alway...
Her story became a powerful tool for evangelism. Many who had been skeptical or indifferent to the message of Jesus were moved to repentance and faith. They saw in Tabitha a living example of God’s mercy and power—a woman who had been called back from the brink of eternity to bear wit...
Schäfer, Jesus in the Talmud, Princeton 2007, 82–94. 17 For a fuller discussion of both passages, see my forthcoming book Rabbis, Language and Translation in Late Antiquity. 18 For example, the circumcision of Qetia bar Shalom (b. A. Zar. 10b) or the necromancy of Onqelos (b. ...