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2:06 AM

I’m wondering if there is any evidence in Jewish writings of correspondence/the mentioning of church fathers. I would assume that the interactions would have happened in the time of the late tanaaim/amoraim period. It is said that Jerome corresponded with Jewish sages of his time ( Rav Ashi perh...

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4:37 AM

Q: Was the servant in Isaiah 52 'marred' or 'anointed'?

In her book, Temple Mysticism - An Introduction (ISBN-13: 978-0281056347), Margaret Barker writes, The present Hebrew text [of Isaiah 52:14] says the servant was ‘marred beyond human semblance’ [...] The Targum knew that the figure was ‘my servant the Anointed One’, and the Christians saw in thi...