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Tosefta Hullin 2-24- Rabbi Eliezer and the Heretic

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...

Tosefta Hullin 2-20-21- Laws Distancing Jews from the Heretics

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...

The Eighteen Benedictions- The Benediction Against the Heretics

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...

Bust of the Emperor Constantine I, ruled 324-337 CE

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....

Column from a synagogue reused in a Christian context with a cross imposed on a menorah, Laodicia, Asia Minor

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...

Earliest known depiction of Lazarus, Callistus Catacombs, Rome, 3rd Century CE

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...
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