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Hace 9 horas · In Hebrew and Aramaic, the word רוח\Ruah is connected t othe Semitic radical that means “wind, breath”, of the same root as רווח\Revah (liberation). It is active. It is feminine in ...
The term ‘Jew of conscience’ was coined by Jewish theologian, Marc Ellis, in the 1980s to refer to Jews who bear prophetic witness to Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. The sub was named JewsOfConscience with the ethical challenges Jews face in regard to bearing that prophetic witness in mind.
Hace 9 horas · Yitzhak Rabin (/ r ə ˈ b iː n /; Hebrew: יִצְחָק רַבִּין, IPA: [jitsˈχak ʁaˈbin] ⓘ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general.He was the fifth prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995.. Rabin was born in Jerusalem to Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe and ...
Hace 9 horas · The first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus provides external information on some people and events found in the New Testament. The extant manuscripts of Josephus' book Antiquities of the Jews, written around AD 93–94, contain two references to Jesus of Nazareth and one reference to John the Baptist.. The first and most extensive reference to Jesus in the Antiquities, found in Book ...
Hace 9 horas · Attitudes towards Jews. Argentina has had the largest Jewish population in Latin America since before Perón came to power. After becoming president, he invited ... The fusion of liberation theology with Peronism in Argentina was credited with the rise of the far-left Peronist organization Montoneros.
Hace 9 horas · Throughout my systematic theology class this semester, I ushered students into the painful process of learning theological terms. Like any discipline, theology has specific language (mostly Greek ...
Hace 9 horas · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.An effective civil rights executive, Grant signed a bill to ...
