7 Things → Jewish Text, Catacombs, the Septuagint, and hot drinks for fall
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg pulls off an amazing feat in this Substack post, “The Big Big Mega History Text History Post.”
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For an observer of Judaism, it can be super difficult to keep their texts and terms straight. Here are a few articles, one on the two Talmuds, and the other on Midrash, to help.
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It’s fascinating (and overwhelming) to think of a new religion, Christianity, developing in the same places at the same time as Jewish history continues. Consider the catacombs.
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This Roman catacomb is open to the public again.
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Other catacombs around the world.
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Here’s a good overview of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, aka the Septuagint. I explain it a little bit in this blog post as well.
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For fun, 22 hot drinks to enjoy this fall.