How to Love and Study the Bible (Andrew Swafford) | Ep. 197
Pints With Aquinas
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The Importance of Catholic Biblical Scholars
I think once we really reclaim and see how elevated the ancient Jewish hope was, we see how tightly Jesus actually steps into it. One of the deep hopes of ancient Jews is the restoration of all 12 tribes. So now eventually, fast forward to 722 BC, the Neo-Assyrian Empire destroyed in 612 with Nineveh, they're the premier power around. They scatter the 10 northern tribes, but some intents are for those who go south. And then you have the tribe of Judah left. This is why Jew and Israelite are not the same thing. Every Jew is an emologically different person from every other Jew. I don't think that makes any sense.
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