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Questions related to how something was in the past, and how it's developed since then.
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Was there a scriptural, halachic, rabbinical, or legal reason for Jewish involvement in the ...
I think this was in large part a reflection of the long history of discrimination against Jews, and an act of conscience on the part of each individual. …
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Was stoning practiced in 30-32 CE?
When was the last time in history that stoning was carried out by a Jewish court in accordance with Jewish law?
It is difficult to say with any certainty. …
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Are there any Jewish records of Ananus ben Ananus aside from Josephus?
In Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, he records an incident that led to the removal from office of the high priest of the Temple.
According to this account, the Roman proconsul of Judaea, Porcius Fe …
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Was referring to a Jewish firstborn son as "____ bar [mother's name]" insulting in the first... [closed]
There is a passage in the Christian "gospels" in which Jesus is referred to by his community in an unusual way. The text [Mark 6:3] was originally written in Greek, but the English translation is:
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What was the status of the Pharisees, and their relationship with the Temple authorities in ...
One of the many mistakes made by the authors of the Christian gospels is attributing the state of affairs in their own time to the time they are trying to describe. An example of this error is the wa …
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Is it generally accepted by Jewish scholars that Judaism was at one stage henotheist and/or ... [duplicate]
It is widely believed, among scholars of the history of Judaism and the Jewish scriptures, that the earliest books of the Tanakh display a gradual shift from a position of henotheism, to a form of monolatry …
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What is the modern Jewish attitude towards the Zealots and Sicarii?
One of the leading factions in the Jewish Revolt of 66-70 was the Zealot movement, and its splinter group, the Sicarii. I would imagine that the attitude towards them is somewhat complicated, or at l …
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How would first century Jews in Judea have reacted to the Jesus Movement's messianic claims?
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I'm an atheist, but I'm interested in the history of the early church, early Christology, biblical hermeneutics, textual criticism of the bible, and Patristic theology. …
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How did the Jewish people understand and make sense of the destruction of the Second Temple?
Since I began studying the history of the Christian faith, and the relation between Judaism and Christianity, I have been struck by the idea of the Second Temple's destruction. …
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Is there a historical, cultural, traditional, or scriptural explanation for the prevalence o... [duplicate]
And if you compiled a list of the best comedians in U.S. history, I think it, too, would show a disproportionate overrepresentation of Jews. …
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Is there an online database of early manuscripts of the Tanakh?
As a student of textual and historical criticism of the Christian scriptures, I am interested in seeing the earliest extant copies of the texts. There are a number of sites devoted to providing acces …
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Why don't Jews think Jesus is the messiah?
As a student of early Christology, Patristic theology, biblical hermeneutics, textual criticism of the bible, and the history of the bible and the early church, I can answer this question the way I wish …