Day 30 I present to you, the Braveheart of the Apocrypha. That’s really what this book felt like. The main character, at least for the first 3/4 of it, is Judas Maccabeus — a warrior who, with his brothers, helps lead a revolt against the foreign powers occupying Israel and defiling their temple. The story […]
Day 25 The Wisdom of Yeshua son of Eleazar son of Sira. The Book of Jesus, Son of Sirach. Ecclesiasticus. The Instruction of Ben Sira. Sirach. I don’t think I’ve seen a bible book with so many names, but, well, there you have it. Sirach is a wisdom book collecting the sayings of Yeshua (Joshua/Jesus) […]
Day 15 Well now. That took a turn I didn’t see coming. Second Esdras had me scrambling to look things up because I had to ask: “What the hell is going on here?!” It turns out, two chapters of Second Esdras are likely Christian add-ons (makes sense), there’s a Jewish vision of the apocalypse (didn’t […]