Category: Immanuel 08

Some Notes to the Beatitudes

January 8, 2015

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by David Flusser, Immanuel 08, New Testament [~ Period]

(Matthew 5:3-12, Luke 6:20-26) In one of my articles1D. Flusser, “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit,” Israel Exploration Journal Vol. 10, Jerusalem, 1960, pp. 1-13. I tried to show the Essene background of Jesus’ Beatitudes, and at the same time succeeded in finding in the Thanksgiving Scroll (XVIII, 14-15) a passage, which not only comes…
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Pentacost as Festival of the Giving of the Law

January 8, 2015

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by Moshe Weinfeld, Hebrew Bible, Immanuel 08

It is still a prevalent view that Pentecost as a festival commemorating the revelation at Sinai and giving of the law (זמן מתן תורתינו)l1Cf. Amidah liturgy of Shavuot. See J. Elbogen, Der Jüdische Gottesdienst in seiner geschichtlichen Entwicklung3, 1931, p. 138. cannot be earlier than the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. Thus for example,…
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