A glance at the names of the eras of Jewish History.How Old is the Torah? Showing that the Torah is at least 3,313 years old. The Periods of Jewish History (in brief). Tracing the Torah back to Moses. Who are the Samaritans, and how do they help prove our case? The Torah was ...
What are the main sections of the Hebrew Bible? What are the names of the Gnostic Gospels? Who is Isaiah in the Old Testament? Who is Israel in the New Testament? Was the New Testament first written in Hebrew? What are the Jewish feasts in the Old Testament?
4 They also asked, "What are the names of the men working on this building?" 5 But their God was watching over the older leaders of the Jewish people. The builders were not stopped until a report could go to King Darius and his written answer could be received. 6 This is a copy...
This fact is interesting for genetic researchers because Ashkenazi Jews are over-represented in high positions in society for the size of their ethic group, while other Jewish ethnic groups are not. More than 25% of all Nobel Prizes, including Albert Einstein, have been won by Ashkenazi Jews,...
Contemporary Jewish artists are using the hamsa form, and some like Mark Podwal are finding a large public for their work. Hamsas still play a role in some Sephardic rituals today. During thehenna ceremony, when brides are decorated in the preparation for their wedding, brides may wear a ham...
What is Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism? APRIL D. DeCONICK And what mortal person is it who is able To ascend on high, To ride on wheels, To descend below, To search out the inhabited world, To walk on the dry land, To gaze at His splendor, To dwell with His crown, To be ...
but at the expense of losing its secular characterThe rationalists of the Enlightenment, who were the founders of modern historiography, retained the Jewish-Christian teleological view, but secularized the goal...History became progress towards the goal of the perfection of man’s estate on earth...
Who are the prophets in the New Testament? Who are the Herodians in the New Testament? Who is Asaph in the Old Testament? What do prophets do in the Old Testament? Who is Jacob's father in the Old Testament? What do Jewish people call the Old Testament?
The word ‘mode’ comes from the Latin for ‘manner, or method’ but musical modes all originated in ancient Greece, so they have Greek names. The modes were named after various regions, perhaps to represent the people who lived there, because Greek musical theorists were philosophers too, an...
Jewish mysticism, particularly Kabbalah, attributes deep spiritual, symbolic, and mystical significance to names and the Hebrew alphabet. According to Kabbalah, the letters are not merely linguistic symbols but cosmic forces that serve as the building blocks of creation. The new Customized Ancient ...