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Lesley
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What is the history behind ascribing a heading to each of the Psalms?

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Has the age of accountability always been 13 for boys and 12 for girls?

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What religious music would have been sung in Israel after the time of David and Solomon?

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Is it acceptable to translate ‘hallelu’ and 'yah' into the English expression "Praise the Lord"

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What happened to the genealogical records of the tribe of Judah and the house of David after Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D

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Are there any references from the schools of Shammai and Hillel that support belief in the soul separating from the body at death?

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What is the dating of Herod and Pompey's conquests of Jerusalem and the solemn fast

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Within Judaism is there a tradition of interpreting individual letters such as with YHVH

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What are the original twenty books of the Tanach

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Prior to the destruction of the Temple how did a Jew become either a Pharisee or a Sadducee?

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How do Jewish people understand the commandment not to make or worship idols?

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Does the Jerusalem Talmud or Mishna speak of shepherds tending their flocks in the fields near to the second Jerusalem templeduring the winter months?

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Are the people and the events in the book of Esther accepted as historically true?

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What is the meaning of the name Yishai (Hebrew: יִשַׁי – Yišay, in pausa יִשָׁי‎ – Yišāy) translated into English as Jesse

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How would Gentiles come to faith and be accepted as believing Jews?

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Which group came first - the Pharisees or the Sadducees - and how far back can their origins be traced?