TALMUD
The Talmud is one of the most important texts of Judaism.
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TANNER
A tanner is a person who transforms animal skins and hides into leather. Tanning was smelly, and so tanners often lived apart from other villagers.…
TAX COLLECTOR
Tax collectors, sometimes called publicans, were unpopular because they were thought to be greedy and unscrupulous. JesusJesus is the MessiahThe Messiah was the one who, it was believed, would come to free the people of Israel from bondage and exile. In Jewish thought the Messiah is the anticipated one who will come, as prophesied by Isaiah. In Christian thought Jesus of Nazareth is identified... More whose life, death, and resurrection…
TEMPLE
The Jerusalem templeThe Jerusalem temple, unlike the tabernacle, was a permanent structure, although (like the tabernacle) it was a place of worship and religious activity.…
THEOPHANY
TheophanyTheophany describes the undoubted appearance of God to human beings. Biblical examples of theophany are the appearance of God to Moses in the burning bush…
THIRD ISAIAH
Third IsaiahThird Isaiah, commonly understood to consist of chapters 56 – 66 in the book of Isaiah, was probably written after the Babylonian exile (that…
Thomas
One of the twelve disciples of Jesus who is remembered for doubting then believing in the resurrection.