by hadassah | Feb 1, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
Tosefta Hullin 2-24- Rabbi Eliezer and the Heretic This narrative indicates that even Rabbis were in contact with Jewish Christians and that they exchanged interpretations and teachings. It once happened that R. Eliezer was arrested on account of heresy and...
by hadassah | Feb 1, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
Tosefta Hullin 2-20-21- Laws Distancing Jews from the Heretics The Tosefta presents a list of regulations put together from previously existing statements, reflecting tannaitic steps to distance Jews from the early Christians, who were increasingly regarded as members...
by hadassah | Feb 1, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
The Eighteen Benedictions- The Benediction Against the Heretics Palestinian texts of the Amidah preserve an early form of the Benediction against Heretics which includes both minim, Jewish Christians, and nozerim, Gentile Christians. The Benediction’s...
by hadassah | Jan 31, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
Bust of the Emperor Constantine I, ruled 324-337 CE Constantine can rightfully claim the title of Great, for he turned the history of the world into a new course and made Christianity, which until then had suffered bloody persecution, the religion of the State....
by hadassah | Jan 31, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
Column from a synagogue reused in a Christian context with a cross imposed on a menorah, Laodicia, Asia Minor Image courtesy of Holy Land Photos. The image of the menorah on this column fragment, flanked by a shofar, a ram’s horn, to its right a lulav, a...
by hadassah | Jan 31, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
Earliest known depiction of Lazarus, Callistus Catacombs, Rome, 3rd Century CE The wall painting to the right of Jesus raising Lazarus is a classic example of early Christian art depicting Christ as a miracle worker. When Jesus wasn’t disguised as a Shepherd or...
