The prophet Baruch
Baruch was an associate of the prophet Jeremias in the last years of the kingdom of Juda. For example, when
Read moreBaruch was an associate of the prophet Jeremias in the last years of the kingdom of Juda. For example, when
Read more“…the Israelites had fallen into idolatry, using a mixture of Egyptian and Amorrhite religions, together with the religion of the God of Israel. That’s why I used the word ‘sycretist,’ which describes the observance of a mixture of religions.”
Read more“…he gave them the second law, the deutero-nomos, which would guide their lives no longer wandering in the desert, but settled in the Holy Land that they would soon conquer…”
Read more“the Old Testament is the story of Israel’s ongoing struggle against polytheism and idolatry, and it is mostly a struggle with self. Because polytheism was the way of men everywhere then, as it very much is today, and increasingly so…”
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