HeyJaredHarry Freedman's Jewish Histories
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The Conversion of Himyar (opens the original)
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The Book That Stayed Outside (opens the original)
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The process of deciding which books would become part of the Hebrew Bible went on for a long time. According to the Talmud, discussions were still taking place in the early 2nd century, when it was finally agreed that the Song of Songs and Ezekiel should be admitted. One book that was not included in the Bible, perhaps surprisingly, was written by Joshua ben Sira. His book is known in Jewish tradition as Ben Sira, or Ben Sirach. It was included, under the name of Ecclesiasticus, in the Apocrypha
Babatha’s Cave (opens the original)
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A Community Divided (opens the original)
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The Legend of the Wandering Jew (opens the original)
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