The omission from the trial of Jesus of these accusations, in particular the one concerning the Temple, is difficult to explain ... And thus the exaggeration of the role of the Jews in Jesus' death ...

Michael White: TENSIONS IN JUDEA AT THE TIME OF JESUS' BIRTH Can ... the Jewish experience, in the Jewish psyche of that time. Jerusalem, the sacred city. The temple, the center of piety and ...

Jesus and his earliest followers were Jews; yet, as shown above, by the time that the Gospel of John had reached its present form ... It is possible that some Jewish sacrifices were offered in ...

Last week, the gospel in Luke 2:22-40 was read and heard by many. The story was about the presentation of the Baby Jesus at ...

As soon as Jesus and his disciples arrive in Jerusalem they go to the temple. It was customary for animals to be sacrificed. However, the animals that were to be offered as sacrifices had to be ...

TREASURE FROM JESUS’ TIME Unearthed in a synagogue in the hometown of Mary Magdalene, the Magdala Stone is thought to be modeled after the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and may have served as a ...

THIS Sunday is the great Christian feast day of Candlemas. It is one of the oldest feasts of the church — we have an account of its celebration in Jerusalem in 380 — and yet these days it isn’t very ...

Shimon HaTzaddik, the last of the Men of the Great Assembly who rebuilt the Holy Temple and revitalized ... the sages decreed that the Jewish firstborn at that time be named Alexander, which ...