Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi (Judah the prince) lived where the Supreme Court was, which was Bayt Sharim. The torah shebialpeh was being forgotten, so he had to make a decision whether to write it down or not. If he did, it would break a certain tradition that you are not supposed to write it down. But in ...
The equivalents for the date formulas are listed below: SPEECH DATE IN DARIUS' REIGN MODERN EQUIVALENT Haggai 1:1 Year 2, month 6, day 1 August 29, 520 BC Haggai 2:1 Year 2, month 7, day 21 October 17, 520 BC Haggai 2:10 Year 2, month 9, day 24 December 18, 520 BC Haggai 2:20 Year 2, month 9, day 24 December 18, 520 BC BACKGROUND AND HISTORICAL SETTING During the reign of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah (598-587 BC), Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army, in the ninth year, tenth month, tenth day of Zedekiah's reign (1 Kings 25:1). In the n...
Jeremiah 29:11-14 Jeremiah is writing a letter(597 BC) to the exiles(people from Judah) taken captive by Babylon to tell them how to behave in their new land. ... Verse 14 reminds us that these promises reach beyond the Jews in captivity in Babylon and include all of Israel throughout the world. ...
Culture is a human creation, but does our biological existence influence how this process unfolds? Since early historical times, women have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. Early Roman law described women as children, forever i...
This collection of Psalms, most considered to be authored by David, summarize the greatness of God, and what our relationship with Him should be like. Chapters 8, 19, and 23 declare the greatness of God. Chapter 104 is a song of appreciation and declaration that He is our source of joy. Lastly, ...
(food-clothing-shelter) - Consider who can help (interpersonal), community (Friends, Relatives), Spiritual (Church) Scriptural Resources - Isaiah:57:14-21 This book Isaiah was written during a time when many of the people of Judah were in exile in Babylon, crushed and without hope. ...
Return to Jerusalem After fifty years of exile in Babylon, a small group of devoted Jews, probably fewer than 50,000, returned to their holy city. ... The second Temple became the central symbol to a scattered Jewish nation, of which most did not return to Jerusalem from Babylon, which was now their home. ...
