The Shadow of God.The Shadow of God. Stories from Early Judaism. By Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Dupree Sandgren (Hendrickson, $16). Passing himself off as a fictitious research assistant to Josephus, S. tells stories about the people and places the master left out of his massive history. He begins with an anecdote about Jewish debates in Babylon on whether to serve Nebuchadnezzar and ends with a tale about a conversation between Johanan ben Zakkai Johanan ben Zakkai (jōhăn`ən bĕn zăk`āī), leader of the Pharisees of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70, afterward founder of the Jewish academy at Jamnia. and Vespasian that won Johanan a claim to imperial property near Jamnia, where he founded rabbinic Judaism. In thirteen other stories in between he brings out human interest features of Jewish history such as life in the military colony at Elephantine Elephantine (ĕl'əfăntī`nē), island, SE Egypt, in the Nile below the First Cataract, near Aswan. In ancient times it was a military post guarding the southern frontier of Egypt. , during the Maccabean revolt, and at Qumran. RWK RWK Rework RWK Race War Kingdoms (online game) |
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