Becky Neiman
The Hidden Treasures of the Judean Desert
The top find of 2023 according to National Geographic are four Roman-era swords discovered in a cave near the Dead Sea in Israel. Ariel...
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Dr. David Neiman
Oct 3, 20163 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 16
The pietists and their affiliated groups who ultimately came to be subsumed under the general term of Pharisees, continued the tradition...
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Dr. David Neiman
Sep 26, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 15
Who were the Pharisees? The Pharisees were the bearers of the ancient tradition of Torah interpretation which had been brought from...
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Dr. David Neiman
Sep 19, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 14
In the course of time the Sadducees developed a political-religious philosophy of Judaism which was rooted in the statements in the books...
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Dr. David Neiman
Sep 12, 20161 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 13
After describing the garments that the priests should wear in their service and other details that pertain to the priests alone, he goes...
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Dr. David Neiman
Sep 5, 20161 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 12
There is no more powerful assertion of the divinely ordained authority of the Tzadukian priesthood than that stated in the Book of the...
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Dr. David Neiman
Aug 29, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 11
But while the Hellenistic priests who had been ousted from their positions of leadership in the Temple by the Maccabees no longer...
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Dr. David Neiman
Aug 22, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 10
Another family in the priestly line of descent from Aaron was that of the Kohanim of Modi'in, whose patriarch was Mattityahu. They too...
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Dr. David Neiman
Aug 15, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 9
Let us examine the status of the Kohanim, the priests who functioned in the Temple and performed its rituals and ceremonies. All of this...
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Dr. David Neiman
Aug 8, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 8
The Temple in Jerusalem was rebuilt during the reign of the Persian Emperors sometime between 500 and 450 B.C.E. Those who planned the...
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Dr. David Neman
Aug 1, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 7
Now concerning the Pharisees, they live simply and have no desire for luxury. They follow the conduct of reason and respect their elders....
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Dr. David Neiman
Jul 25, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 6
The Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin was the Supreme Court of the Jewish Nation. Its authority extended over the entire Jewish world, from east...
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Dr. David Neiman
Jul 18, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 5
Jewish life throughout the world, including the Roman Empire continued to be bound together by several elements which distinguished the...
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Dr. David Neiman
Jul 11, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 4
Gradually, a migration of Jews to Rome and Italy began shortly after this time. It is interesting to note that the first generation of...
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Dr. David Neiman
Jul 4, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 3
The Rise of the Roman Empire. The history of the Roman Empire is a fascinating study in the skillful interplay of the two faces of the...
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Dr. David Neiman
Jun 28, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 2
In the course of time there were other families of Kohanim in Israel, but for centuries the only family who served in the Temple and of...
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Dr. David Neiman
Jun 21, 20162 min read
History of the Sadducees Part 1
To understand the basis of the conflict between the Tzedukkim and the Perushim, a conflict which is referred to in the Talmud and the...
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Dr. David Neiman
May 30, 20162 min read
Genesis, Chapter 5 - Notes
1Brown, Briggs and Driver, Dictionary of the Old Testament 2Apollodorus, The Library, vol. II, vii, 2 (Loeb Classical Library, vol. I, p....
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Dr. David Neiman
May 23, 20162 min read
Genesis, Chapter 5 – Hanokh and Methuselah
When we come to the age of Hanokh, the seventh on the list, we read that his life on earth is given as 365 years. But the account of...
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Dr. David Neiman
May 16, 20161 min read
Genesis, Chapter 5 – The Learned One
When we now look at the seventh name in the biblical list, we find that his name is Hanokh, which in Hebrew means "The learned one." This...
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