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The Jewish People lost Jerusalem three times. The first was when the Babylonians conquered the city and destroyed the Holy Temple on the Temple Mount in 586 B.C.E. The Jews living there were enslaved ...

Contrary to Christian belief the Binding of Isaac is not a prophecy for human sacrifice or crucifixion, which in Jewish Law is an abomination. If one reads a few verses below the Hebrew scriptures, ...

After two years of pondering how to unlock the basic meaning of Hebrew Scripture, this is how far I’ve come. Part 1: my assumptions. Let’s begin with a few sentences in lay-philosophical terms about ...

In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures; after his death, his followers turned to them for clues to the meaning of his life and message. Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton discusses the ...

The completion of the first edition of the Scriptures in Hebrew Braille was announced here by the Jewish Eraille Institute of America. The 20 volumes took five years to complete. The first edition of ...

For just four hours Sunday, a complete collection of Jewish holy books in scroll form will be on exhibit at Temple Israel, a conservative Jewish synagogue in Daytona Beach. It is the world’s only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two thousand years ago, Jews were divided between competing sects all based on the Jewish scriptures, but with different ...