The Great Fire of Rome in Juli 64 CE arose from the merchant shops around the Circus Maximus, where flammable goods had been stored. It went on for about ten days and destroyed about two thirds of the huge city. … Weiterlesen →
It is not totally correct to claim (which can often be heard) that antiquity’s crucifixion would have been an exclusively Roman way of punishment. According to famous 1st-century-CE Jewish-Roman historian Josephus Flavius („Jewish Antiquities”, 13,14,2), Jewish king Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 … Weiterlesen →
Concerning the third and last Roman-Jewish war, caused by the Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132-136 CE), repeatedly one can read: „The Christians sided with the Romans.“ That sentence makes hardly sense, because the Christians were an illicit religion in the Roman Empire … Weiterlesen →
In the Pre-Christian Bible, there is a number of occasions when „buildings“ are described. I assume that in all of these cases the deeper meaning has something to do with the construction of a temple. But which temple, critically-historically and … Weiterlesen →
Das neunte Kapitel des Lukasevangeliums beginnt mit folgendem Gleichnis, das Jesus erzählt: „Ein reicher Mann hatte einen Verwalter. Diesen beschuldigte man bei ihm, er verschleudere sein Vermögen. Darauf ließ er ihn rufen und sagte zu ihm: Was höre ich über … Weiterlesen →
Wenn wir, wie jedes Jahr, die Krippen herausholen und schauen, ob noch alle Arme und Hufe an allen Figuren dran sind, wird mir immer sehr deutlich, dass die mit dem niedrigsten gesellschaftlichen Status, die Hirten und ihre Tiere, für die … Weiterlesen →
(by Joachim Elschner-Sedivy, Lic.Theol., Munich, Germany, October 16, 2020) As to the topic of human nutrition, Torah, the Jewish law (the „Pentateuch“ or „Five Books of Moses“), is characterized by three steps of argumentation. First step: In Genesis 1,29, humans … Weiterlesen →