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"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -- the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it ...." I John 1:1-2 (RSV)

"After his resurrection the disciples saw the living Christ, whom they knew to have died, with the eyes of faith (oculata fide)." Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, III, 55, 2 ad 1, as quoted in D. M. Stanley, Jesus in Gethsemane (New York, Paulist Press 1980).

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Jewish Community in Iraq

This is a Bible blog, but sometimes I have to jump ahead to modern times.  Our is a historical religion.  Jews wrote much of our Bible  in Iraq (Babylon).   Here is the story of the Jewish community in Iraq in modern times, from the great Professor Schiffman:   http://lawrenceschiffman.com/iraq-and-the-jewish-people-zionism-under-the-british-mandate/  

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