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Herod

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Nov 27, 2025
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How does the rebuilding of the third temple align with Jewish eschatology and biblical prophecy?

The idea of a rebuilt Third Temple is central to many streams of Jewish and Christian eschatology: some Jews and Christian futurists link a Third Temple to messianic fulfillment and end‑time events (e...

Dec 12, 2025
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Which ancient historians mention Jesus outside the New Testament?

Ancient non‑Christian writers who are commonly cited as mentioning Jesus outside the New Testament are not found in the current provided sources; instead the supplied reporting focuses on the dating a...

Jan 20, 2026

What is the scholarly consensus on the date and compositional layers of 1 Enoch’s Parables (chs. 37–71) and their influence on Second Temple Judaism?

Scholars broadly agree that the Parables (1 Enoch 37–71) are a later, composite layer within the 1 Enoch corpus, likely crystallizing in the late first century BCE to early first century CE, and that ...

Jan 2, 2026

How has the Massacre of the Innocents been used in art, politics, or moral debates from the Middle Ages to the present?

The Massacre of the Innocents—Matthew’s account of Herod ordering Bethlehem’s infants killed—has been a resilient cultural motif from the medieval church to contemporary art, used as devotional commem...

Jan 2, 2026

Which current religious denominations support the Massacre of the Innocents

Most mainstream Christian denominations do not "support" the Massacre of the Innocents as a good or endorsed act; rather many commemorate the event from the Gospel of Matthew as a historical or liturg...

Jan 1, 2026

Who are the Edomites?

The Edomites were an ancient people traditionally described in the Hebrew Bible as descendants of Esau (also called Edom) who inhabited the rugged territory south and southeast of Judah, a region late...