The part about Jesus being someone who thought he was the Messiah is probably true. As is the part about a Jewish belief that the Messiah was God’s regent, but would not be God (since that’s a late...
(more)He was a Jewish preacher who taught that God was going to intervene in human history, punish the wicked, reward the righteous and usher in the apocalyptic kingship of God, with his Messiah or “Anoi...
(more)There are seven epistles attributed to Paul that critical scholars agree are most likely actually written by him: 1Thessalonians, Philippians, Philemon, 1Corinthians, Galatians, 2Corinthians and Ro...
(more)A few weeks after the liberation of Rome by the Allies in 1944 the Palestine Post (the precursor to today’s Jerusalem Post) reported:
(more)“Several thousand refugees, largely Jews, during the weekend lef...
“The Vatican” didn’t “ban chocolate”. It actually did the opposite. The drinking of chocolatl in ancient Mexico had religious connotations, though by the 1600s it was generally just regarded as a d...
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