This is especially true after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, as prophesied by Jesus, which destroyed their temple and destroyed all records of their priestly genealogies. After Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross there is no more “Mosaic Law” and no more animal sacrifices, no ...
Below is a very fancymezuzah, a container affixed to doorways in Jewish homes, each containing aklaf, a piece of parchment on which there’s verse from theTorah (see above). The scroll itself is a lot more important than the container, and, if prepared in the kosher way,can cost a lo...
70.—While Christianity thus asserted itself as the new Kingdom of God, the Jewish theocracy, guided by leaders unable “to know the signs of the times”, was hastening to its total destruction. The Romans came, and in A.D. 70 put an end forever to the Jewish Temple, priesthood, ...
Palestine itself cameunder the control of the Ptolemies of Egypt for aboutacentury after Alexander’sdeath, and, when power shifted in the region, the land entered the hegemonyofthe Seleucidmonarchs of Syria from the beginning of the second centuryB.C.E.The Maccabeanrebellion ushered inaJewish...