What happened in the years between the Old and New Testaments? The political situation at the end of the OT is very different from the situation at the beginning of the Gospels. What happened? How do we know? Part of the answer is the Apocryphal books.
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Ezekiel 40-48 describes a vision of a third temple and reinstituted sacrifces. Why would the sacrifices be reinstituted? Is this vision literal or symbolic of
What is the Oral Torah, Mishnah, Gemara, Talmud, and Midrashim? Is it worthwhile for Christians to study them? How much was Luther influenced by these
How did the early church fathers view the Old Testament apocryphal books like Tobit, Wisdom Solomon, and Sirch? Were they part of the canon or
Why were Enoch and Elijah taken to heaven without death? Where did Old Testament believers go with they died, and what, if anything, did Christ’s
