Word: talmudic
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...Desert conditions must have helped preserve the colors of the frescoes adorning the synagogue's walls from ceiling to floor. They depict scenes from the Old Testament in vivid imagery, which is all the more incredible considering that such portrayal of the human figure is expressly forbidden in the Talmud. You can even see the hand of God pulling people up to Heaven by the hair (painful, but probably better than going to Hell). The same, slightly ominous hand, can be seen parting the Red Sea as Moses leads the Israelites through...
...that the Iraqi Jews constituted one of the world's oldest Jewish communities, and that the country contains numerous important Jewish sites, such as the graves of the prophets Ezra and Ezekiel. The flourishing Jewish community in Baghdad also produced one version of Judaism's second-holiest book, the Talmud, in about...
...Talmud brought Einstein science books, including a popular illustrated series called People's Books on Natural Science, "a work which I read with breathless attention," said Einstein. The 21 volumes were written by Aaron Bernstein, who stressed the interrelations between biology and physics, and reported in great detail the experiments being done at the time, especially in Germany...
...Talmud also helped Einstein explore the wonders of mathematics by giving him a textbook on geometry two years before he was scheduled to learn that subject in school. When Talmud arrived each Thursday, Einstein delighted in showing him the problems he had solved that week. Initially, Talmud was able to help him, but he was soon surpassed by his pupil. "After a short time, a few months, he had worked through the whole book," Talmud recalled. "Soon the flight of his mathematical genius was so high that I could no longer follow...
...what extent are you influenced by Christianity? "As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene...