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Robbie
rjmedwed
So a lot of Christians are claiming ownership of Hanukkah by saying that a reference in John (10:22) about Jesus being in Jerusalem at the time of the "Feast of
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Simcha Gross
Simcha_Gross
Hanukkah is most identified with the menorah, which of course commemorates the so-called miracle of oil. Or does it...? A thread. 1/15 The earliest account of Hanukkah is 1 Maccabees.
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Yitz Latkes
yitzlandes
A quick little thread—before it's too late!—on late ancient Jewish views of Hanukkah/the Hasmoneans *outside of classical rabbinic literature*, which, actually, do conform a bit more to the modern "nationalist"
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ofek | alex mercer buckley stan
angeliqstar
Hanukkah, what is that? a thread; Hannukah is a jewish holiday, one of the oldest holidays. What we celebrate, what we do in this time, when it's happening, what's the
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Dr. Annette Yoshiko Reed
AnnetteYReed
As someone writing a book on forgetting in post-70 reception of 2nd Temple Judaism, I'm finding recent debates about "real" meaning of Hanukkah really fascinating--so a thread of some preliminary
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John Meade
drjohnmeade
1/ Brushing up on my 16th-century Old Testament canonical history this morning. Here's a bit from Cardinal Cajetan (Tomasso De Vio):"And in this place, we conclude the commentaries of the
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☭ComradeSnek☭Kwanzaa Kracker/Guidx Rights Advocate
ComradeSnake
It's time for one of ComradeSnake's signature overly long threads about history!For the festive time of the year, I'm gonna be writing a history of the Maccabean Revolt! At the
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Rabbi Zvi Solomons 🕎 follow @RabbiSolomons
RabbiZvi
Tonight is the first of the eight nights of Chanukah.The season of the winter soldsticr has always been a time for lighting lights.From 176-160BCE, my ancestors rebelled against the oppressive
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Rabbi Michael Adam Latz #BlackLivesMatter
RavMABAY
A Thread~Eight Thoughts about Chanukkah for Non-Jews:1. Chanukkah is NOT the Jewish Christmas. So please, STOP trying to sell us creche scenes with dreidels and Jewish stars. You look ridiculous.1/
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Sovereign of Mars
StorytellerShaw
So, I want to preface this by pointing out that history is normally simplified so that it can be true easily digested by its intended audience. Not historians think the
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Villain Gaon
JustSayXtian
If you're going around telling Jews who don't observe exactly like you do that they're the bad guys in the Hanukah story, I want you to go look at yourself
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Jaack
Jaack
A thread of footballers who look like they should do a different job: 1) Emile Smith-Rowe Works part-time in H&M and is class at folding jeans. Wears a sneaky AirPod
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Andy 🇦🇺
AndyCandyPants
Let’s talk about Gadreel... The fallen angels appears in the famous Book of Enoch. The prophet describes him as the serpent which lead Eve astray, he also showed the weapons
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Airy Manning
AiryManning
#Chanukah History. #JewishHistory: Thread. /1 I'd like to talk about the outline of events leading up to the Chanukah story. The story itself, the way it was later portrayed in
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
TheRaDR
OK, people keep asking me about that NYT article where the guy is shocked to discover the fact that the war Hanukah commemorates is, like all war, full of pain
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THE BLACK HEMINGWAY
J_Chiemeke
Divine inspiration aside, the Old Testament is good Prose.Nuanced storytelling, good dialogue, decent character development, good back stories, nice sentence construction.There is enough material in 1 & 2 Samuel, as
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