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The Gospel of Truth is not titled, but the name for the work comes from the first three words of the text. It may have been written in Greek between 140 and 180 by Valentinian Gnostics (or, as some posit, by Valentinus himself). [2]
The Book of Haggai (/ ˈ h æ ɡ aɪ /; Hebrew: ספר חגי, romanized: Sefer Ḥaggay) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and is the third-to-last of the Twelve Minor Prophets. [1] [2] It is a short book, consisting of only two chapters. The historical setting dates around 520 BC, before the Temple had been rebuilt. [3]
According to the Talmud, Obadiah is said to have been a convert to Judaism from Edom, [9] a descendant of Eliphaz, the friend of Job. He is identified with the Obadiah who was the servant of Ahab , and was chosen to prophesy against Edom because he was himself an Edomite.
There is a dispute whether this Gregorian melody used is of Jewish origin or of non-Jewish origin. [ 9 ] "Obadiah the Norman Proselyte who entered the covenant of the God of Israel in the month of Ellul, year 1413 of Documents which is 4862 of Creation" [ 10 ] [ 11 ] "he, Obadiah the Proselyte, has written [this prayer-book] with his own hand ...
Many Christians believe in a widespread conversion of the Jews to Christianity, which they frequently consider an end-time event. Some Christian denominations consider the conversion of the Jews imperative and pressing, and as a result, they make it their mission to proselytize among them ( See also : Proselytization and counter-proselytization ...
A 9th- or 10th-century manuscript of the Gospel of Nicodemus in Latin. The Gospel of Nicodemus, also known as the Acts of Pilate [1] (Latin: Acta Pilati; Ancient Greek: Πράξεις Πιλάτου, romanized: Praxeis Pilatou), is an apocryphal gospel purporting to derived from an original work written by Nicodemus, who appears in the Gospel of John as an acquaintance of Jesus.
Claudius Lysias' complete description as found in the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles is "the tribune of the cohort" in Jerusalem, which resided in nearby "barracks" (Acts 21.34, 37; 22.24, 23.10, 16, 32).
According to Hans Lietzmann, the term "Pauline Christianity" first came into use in the 20th century among scholars who proposed different strands of thought within Early Christianity, wherein Paul was a powerful influence.