What do a Jewish revolutionary, a Roman emperor, and an archangel have in common? Quite a lot, actually.

We move to the Diaspora Revolt, an utter disaster for the Jewish people.

We meet the Jewish-Roman Wars, in all their awful horror.

Christ seems to have believed in angels, but it gets complicated.

At last we come to Jesus, who believed (surprise) in angels.

This one is going to be short. That’s because I want to get to that someone important I mentioned. But, before I do, I ought to make at least one other introduction. So... You’ll recall that by around 100 BCE and after, there were three major sects of Judaism -- Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes. The Pharisees and the Essenes didn’t much like the Second Temple or its Priests. All three groups called for a purification of society. But, just as we arch over into the new Millen

I’m back from my most recent little adventure and so we return to St. Mike. Plus, we have a glance at the Dead Sea Scrolls.