ebooks Trees; Earth; and Torah: A Tu B'Shvat Anthology by From Brand: The Jewish Publication Society in History

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Turning the page from Malachi to Matthew; we skip a lot of history. In fact; it is something like missing several key episodes in an ongoing television saga. The setting and main plot line are familiar; but new characters have appeared and more recent events and developments are assumed. Did anyone record the episodes we missed? Fortunately a few did. Their reception wasn't always good; and there are annoying cuts and splices. But Anthony J. Tomasino has put together the missing episodes and skillfully retells the story of Judaism before Jesus; from the time of Ezra and Nehemiah to the Herods; and even up to Masada. The result is an entertaining; informative and enlightening retelling of the story of Judaism and the development of the ideas; subplots and characters that shaped the world of Jesus and the first Christians.