by hadassah | Feb 1, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
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 they brought him up to the bema to be tried. The hegemon...
by hadassah | Feb 1, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
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 of a separate religious community. If meat is found in the...
by hadassah | Feb 1, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
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 recitation was intended to bring about the separation of Christians from...
by hadassah | Jan 31, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
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. Excerpted from Catholic Encyclopedia.
by hadassah | Jan 31, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
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 palm frond, to its left, was a well-known visual trope in Jewish art across the empire, but our piece is...
by hadassah | Jan 31, 2016 | Rise of Christianity
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 as a Greek god, followers often showed him in the act of his biblical miracles. Far...
