Tag Archives: Ezra
An Assyrian Archer Re-sketched?
It is of no surprise to hear another personal seal has been uncovered in one of the many on-going excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem (the Western Wall Plaza). What may be the twist in this tale is the possibility that the seal may have been planted – a fake. Anyone who has seen [...]
Posted in Archaeology, History, Jerusalem
Tagged archer, Assyrian, Ezra, Jerusalem, Lachish, Seal, Sennacherib
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The Three Roads to a Jewish Identity
The Jewish traditional law layouts three criteria for membership into the Jewish fold: birth, marriage to a male Jew, and conversion. However, these three doors into the Jewish community have not been operative simultaneously through history. Intermarriage The biblical period shows how marriage to a male Jew was the key for an outsider to enter [...]
Posted in Biblical Hebrew
Tagged Abraham, Boaz, conversion, Ezra, intermarriage, Israel, Jerusalem, Leviticus, Mesopotamia, Moses, Nehemiah, Ruth, Ur
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