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Just as in Chapter 11, an implausibly large Seleucid army is reported, with the 80,000 there growing to 110,000 infantry here (or even 220,000 if "each" is interpreted as there being two such armies!). [137] Scholars of Hellenistic armies such as Israel Shatzman consider deploying, managing, and feeding such a vast army "impossible". [138]
2 Maccabees, [note 1] also known as the Second Book of Maccabees, Second Maccabees, and abbreviated as 2 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book which recounts the persecution of Jews under King Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Maccabean Revolt against him.
The book has sold over 300,000 copies and has been translated into a number of languages. [citation needed] Bringing Heaven Down to Earth - a book written by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, a writer and editor for Chabad.org. Freeman's book transcribes the teachings of Chabad philosophy as short "meditations". The book contains 365 such meditations. [42] [43]
The Rebbes of Chabad taught that it is a sacred duty to publish and distribute this book as widely as possible. The Tanya seeks to demonstrate to the "average" Jewish man or woman that knowledge of God is there for the taking, that spiritual growth to ever higher levels is real and imminent, if one is willing to engage in the struggle. [ 5 ]
According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan, [1] but modern scholars view it as a composition of a number of independent texts of various ages from c. 630–540 BCE. [2] [3] This chapter contains a Song of Thanksgiving attributed to King David which corresponds to ...
2 Samuel 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Second Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the second part of Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [ 2 ] but modern scholars view it as a ...
The Gathering of Israel (Hebrew: קִבּוּץ גָּלֻיּוֹת, Modern: Kibbutz Galuyot, Tiberian: Qibbuṣ Galuyoth, lit. ' Ingathering of the Exiles '), or the Ingathering of the Jewish diaspora, is the biblical promise of Deuteronomy 30:1–5, made by Moses to the Israelites prior to their entry into the Land of Israel.
John 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the raising of Lazarus from the dead , a miracle of Jesus Christ , and the subsequent development of the chief priests' and Pharisees' plot against Jesus. [ 1 ]