54. Between Testaments
Undeceptions with John Dickson
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The Synagogue in a Palestine
synagogues first seem to have arisen in egypt, on the jews that were taken down to egypt and started living there. They were places where jews could come together and pray towards jerusalem. The synagogue really was a merging of a religious institution, like a church that we have day, and a school. And it's interesting that jesus makes a habit of going to these places with his disciples, his students, and engages in debate with the pharisees. These are the main actions of judaism in the first century, to which we could also add the jesus movement.
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