Ideas, concepts and philosophies linked to the Old Testament and
Inter-Testamental period.
PHILOSOPHICAL IDEASDualism
A description of what is meant by Hellenistic dualism.
Magic and Initiation
What is meant by magic and the mystery religions.
SACRIFICESacrifice
A reasonable article on the subject. It contains the essentials but needs
to be treated with caution.
Passover Lamb and sacrifice Quite a long article about the date of the slaughter of the
Passover lambs. Worth a read, but it is quite a long read.
TEMPLE AT THE TIME OF JESUSTemple A site with numerous links to all aspects of the third temple.
The Temple This is a massive work on the second temple. it includes all you would ever want to know.
Because it is well laid out the effect is not overwhelming but you need to select carefully the section you wish to study.
Pictures of the Temple model This site contains photographs of the model of
Herod's temple found in the grounds of the Holyland Hotel. The pictures are fair and the descriptions adequate.
SYNAGOGUESynagogue A brief outline of the history of the synagogue.
A reasonable starting point to this study.
Synagogue at the time of Jesus This attempts to reconstruct the nature of the synagogue from
references in the gospels. Not a worthless task, but I am not sure how much you will learn from it.
Synagogue at Capernaum
This looks to be a most interesting and instructive site from the Israeli Ministry of foreign Affairs.