admin 06.04.2023 | New discovery NEW TESTAMENT: FRAGMENT OF 1,750-YEAR-OLD TRANSLATION DISCOVERED It is an important piece of the jigsaw puzzle in New Testament history and one of the oldest textual witnesses of the Gospels: a small manuscript fragment of the Syriac translation, produced in the 3rd century and copied in the 6th century. A researcher from … Leer más
The Mystery of the Passover Cup by David Brickner | March 01 2002 What does the Jewish Bible say about a Passover cup? The Passover cup is one of the central symbols of this holiday known as the Feast of Redemption. Yet the original Passover story makes no mention whatsoever of a cup. In fact, the only … Leer más
The one biblical book suspiciously missing from this massive corpus of scriptural manuscripts—or is it? By Christopher Eames • March 17, 2022 Here in Israel, the book of Esther is on people’s minds at this time of year as they celebrate Purim, the holiday marking the saving of the Persian Jews from a genocide led by the … Leer más
The Megillat Esther (Book of Esther) became the last of the 24 books of the Tanakh to be canonized by the Sages of the Great Assembly. According to the Talmud, it was a redaction by the Great Assembly of an original text by Mordecai.[14] It is usually dated to the 4th century BCE.[15][16] The Greek book of Esther, included in the Septuagint, is a … Leer más
4QInstruction, (Hebrew: מוסר למבין, romanized: Musar leMevin, lit. ‘Instruction to a student’),[1] also known as Sapiential Work A or Secret of the Way Things Are, is a Hebrew text among the Dead Sea Scrolls classified as wisdom literature. It is authored by a spiritual expert, directed towards a beginner. The author addresses how to deal with business and money issues in a godly manner, public affairs, leadership, … Leer más
Por qué el vino tinto puede ser bueno para tus intestinos (si lo bebes con moderación) Redacción BBC News Mundo 28 agosto 2019 El vino tinto puede ser bueno para tu salud y tus intestinos… si lo tomas con moderación. Un grupo de investigadores del Kings College de Londres, Reino Unido, confirmó que esta bebida … Leer más
Ezekiel’s temple sacrifices would not be intended to atone for sin, but rather to remind people of Jesus’s sacrifice and His ultimate victory over sin and death. Another possibility is that the sacrifices in the new temple would be a way of worshiping God. This would be similar to the way that Christians today offer … Leer más
Jewish Messianic Interpretations of Isaiah 53 by Jews for Jesus | January 01 2005 It’s commonly maintained that Isaiah 53 was never considered messianic by rabbis and Jewish sages. Sometimes the statement is phrased as, “Judaism teaches” that Isaiah 53 refers to the nation of Israel. The fact is that Isaiah 53 (more precisely, 52:13 … Leer más
The statement that Hermas wrote during his brother’s Pius pontificate may similarly be an inference from the fact that it was in a list of popes, against the name of Pius, that the writer found the information that Hermas was that pope’s brother. He may have been an elder brother of the pope.[1] [1] Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). “Hermas” . Catholic … Leer más
Although physical evidence has yet to be found, J.S. Assemane[5] in his Bibliotheca stated that a Syriac Gospel dated 78 A.D. was found in Mesopotamia.[6][7][8] Syrian churches say that their history includes compilation of their canon (which lacked the ‘Western Five’) extremely early. Comments John Hancock Pettingell, “There is no question, but that scattered manuscripts of the several books … Leer más