475 B.C.E. The First Extra-Biblical Reference to the Observance of the Sabbath! The Passover Papyrus from Elephantine, 419 BCE The Elephantine Temple, 407 BCE 332 B.C.E. Alexander the Great 320 B.C.E. Jewish Slaves 250 B.C.E. Synagogues in Egypt 250 B.C.E. Plato 250 B.C.E. Septuagint 250 B.C.E. The Septuagint and the Library of Alexandria May 11, 218 B.C.E. Jewish Divorce Third Century […]
Celebrating the Exodus in the Land of the Exodus “festival of the unleavened bread” Date- 419 BCE Current Location- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany (P. 13464) Language and Script- Aramaic; alphabetic Biblical Verses- Exod. 12-15–20; 23-15; Lev. 23-6–7; Num. 28-17–18; 2 Kings 25-26 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; on the very first […]
A Temple to Israel’s God in Egypt Now our forefathers built this temple in the fortress of Elephantine back in the days of the kingdom of Egypt, and when Cambyses came to Egypt he found it built. They (the Persians) knocked down all the temples of the gods of Egypt, but no one did any […]
An extra-biblical reference to the observance of the Sabbath According to the Bible, the origin of the Sabbath is the creation of the world- “And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on it God ceased from all the work of creation that He had done.” (Genesis 2-3) The Bible proscribes observance […]