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Questions related to how something was in the past, and how it's developed since then.
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(How) did Rebbi Eliezer and Rebbi Yehoshua survive the destruction of Jerusalem?
I agree with @mbloch that it seems logical that Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua simply did not return to Yerushalayim after they assisted Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai's escape. I think the story's main …
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What is the dating of Herod and Pompey's conquests of Jerusalem and the solemn fast
The Whiston translation of Antiquities proposes that the fast Josephus referred to may have been the one on the 23rd of Sivan, which was traditionally believed to have originally been established to c …
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What happened to Sefer Yechezkel before Chananyah ben Chizkiyah ben Guriyon?
Yechezkel's undisputed prophetic status and important leadership role in the Judahite community are currently only known from the book itself (i.e., he's not known to be mentioned in other contemporan …
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Why did Tunisian Jews not celebrate Purim for a long time?
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The JVL's source, as already mentioned by @EraserX in the comments, is the 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia. The Jewish Encyclopedia's source is Meir (Marcus) Fischer's תולדות ישרון (Toledot Y …
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What is the historic background to the first Rashi?
While the 6th-century historian Procopius wrote (The History of the Wars of Justinian, IV):
"In that country there dwelt very populous tribes, the Gergesites and the Jebusites and some others with other … names by which they are called in the history of the Hebrews. …
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Why doesn't Josephus mention the golden calf?
Gregory E. Sterling, "When Silence Is Golden: The Omission of the Golden Calf Story in Josephus", in: Golden Calf Traditions in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, pp. 87-96 discussed the possibil …
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What is the context, in Sefer Yossipon, of this? “Because in their fury they killed an Ox” (...
You're using a modernized version of the 17th century edition of "The Abbreviated English Josippon: The Wonderful and Deplorable History of the Jews". …
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Does Jacob's Well in present-day Nablus/Shechem have a Jewish tradition associated with it?
In Seder Hadorot, year 2514, it says:
"...כתב גא"י נבלוס הוא שכם ובכפר אלבצנו רבא נקבר יוסף הצדיק וחומות יפים סביב קברו ועמוד אחד לצד ראשו ואחד לצד רגלו ונגד שכם הוא הר גריזים והר עיבל ובין הר עיבל ה …
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Was "If thou forgettest Me one day, I will forget thee two days" found in the DSS?
In a class he gave in the 90s, Rabbi Prof. Shnayer Leiman said that he believes that once all of the fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls are properly analyzed and made public, it is very likely that the …
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Was "If thou forgettest Me one day, I will forget thee two days" found in the DSS?
Having since learned much more about the Dead Sea Scrolls, and having gone through several editions of the published material, which is most of what has been found, I think I can safely say that this …
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Why do we have many teachings from Hillel and Shammai, but very few of earlier zugot?
Per @RabbiKaii's request:
The reason that the teachings of the Zugot have been lost seems largely based on the reality of classic tannaitic and amoraic texts not including much of any of their teachin …
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Who is this friend of the Jews, Hiram, and what does his name mean?
In Hebrew the name Chiram - חירם - is composed of two words: Chai - חי and Ram - רם, which mean life/alive and great, respectively. So translated it might mean something like "alive and great". Howeve …
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Egyptian Presence in the Holy Land during Yehoshua's conquest?
I don't think there's any direct mention of them residing in the land after the conquest, but there are echoes/hints that can be found in a few sources:
Shoftim 10:11-12:
"And the Lord said to the …
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Examples of Rabbis who had strong disagreements and were amicable
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook and Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld were practically polar opposites in terms of hashkafa (for example, in response to Rabbi Kook setting up the Eretz Yisrael Chief Rabbinate, …
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Which ancient cults would cut out the hearts of live animals and offer them as sacrifices?
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Rambam on the mishnah states that this was done as part of worship of Baalim. The city of Baalbek, which was originally a Baal center of worship, eventually became a center of Bacch …
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