Tag Archives: Talmud

Nullified Laws and the Rabbis: The Death Penalty and the Prophet

Posted on July 2, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

In this post, I would like to post a couple of items on the belief within rabbinic Judaism that certain commands in the Torah could be nullified, or simply not applied.  A commenter asked me about this topic yesterday (see … Continue reading →

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Who Was Nicodemus?

Posted on January 11, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my latest reading of Lee Harmon’s John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened, I learned about the view that the Nicodemus of John’s Gospel appears in Josephus and the Talmud.  Lee refers to Josephus’ Jewish War 2.451, Babylonian Talmud Taanit … Continue reading →

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