How Hellenized was the Jewish religious culture of the time? Jewish culture and civilization during the Hellenistic period was in intense dialogue with Hellenistic culture and civilization ...

Hanukkah runs from sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, through sundown on Thursday, Jan. 2, in 2025. The first night of ...

Yonatan Adler posits a convincing thesis, tightly and compellingly argued, that widespread observance of Pentateuchal legislation by Judeans—or what we now call Judaism—emerged no earlier than the ...

Iron Age, Persian–Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Crusader–Mamluk Remains at Ḥorbat ‘Ofrat in Lower Galilee. ‘Atiqot. Alexandre Y. In preparation. The Excavations at Karm er-Ras (Kana of Galilee).

Sometimes both Jews and Christians are surprised to learn that Judaism in the late Second Temple period was very diverse and included a variety of groups such as the Sadducees, Pharisees, Hellenistic ...