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The Samaritans were then an ethnic group rivaling the Jews in numbers, power, and influence. The Samaritans insisted on the exclusive truth of the Torah (their version differs somewhat from the Jewish Torah) and rejected all prophets after Moses. That rejection could well have formed the backgro...
Why Was the Torah So Important for Jews (and Jesus!)? In Jewish tradition, it is believed that Moses received the Torah from God on Mt. Sinai when he was there for 40 days. These first five books set the foundation of having faith in God and eventually, coming to anticipate and embrac...
doi:10.3390/laws13030036Brackens, Jonathan DawayneLaws (2075-471X)
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His choice of The Twelve was entirely free, did not arise from any character, motive, or condition in them: the allusion is to a custom of the Jews, the reverse of which Christ acted; with whom it was usual for disciples to choose their own masters, and not masters their disciples. Gi...
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holiday of Shavuot is celebrated in the summertime by Jews who spend the first night of the holiday staying up all night to study the Torah with each other at the synagogue. The holiday of Shavuot falls 49 days after the holiday of Passover and the intervening period is known as the Omer...
What did Ezra do in the Bible? Ezra was a priest and “a scribe skilled in the law.” He represented the position of stricter Babylonian Jews who had been upset by reports of laxity in Judah and desired to see matters corrected.
In biblical times, the Hebrews composed what is now known as the Torah. Christians call this collection the Old Testament. In it, the Hebrews describe their relationship with YHWH, another name for God, and, accordingly, what role they are to serve on Earth. ...