Word

“Then the earth shook and trembled;

the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken,

because he was wroth.”

Psa 18.7

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Justin Martyr Quote

“We who formerly delighted in fornication now strive for purity.

We who used magical arts have dedicated ourselves

to the good and eternal God…”

– Justin Martyr

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Apology

TODAY is the day to make THAT apology, THAT restitution!

(Yes, the same as you’re NOW thinking)

One of you may be dead tomorrow.  😦

– eab, 1/26/12

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Daniel

 

Old Daniel to the cats was sent,

His enemies hoped he’d be rent.

God gave them lockjaw,

And a paralyzed paw.

Medes – Persians “laws” were bent.

– eab,  3/3/05     (Dan 6.22)

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Alfred Edersheim – born

ON THIS DATE

Alfred Edersheim was born in Vienna, Austria, 3/7/1825, to Marcus & Stephanie (Beifuss) Edersheim. The home had culture, wealth and though both were of Jewish beliefs, English was spoken in the home & Alfred became fluint in it. He studied in the local gymnasium, studied the Talmud & Torah at a Hebrew school & attended the University of Austria.

About 1845 he moved to Pesth, Hungary & met John Duncan (& other Presbyterians) under whose influence he became a Christian.  In 1846 he married Mary Broomfield with whom he shared seven children. After a stay & studies in Scotland he entered the Presbyterian ministry & ministeried a year to the Jews & Germans at Jassy, Rumania.  It was at the Old Aberdeen Church (1848-1860) he wrote his History of the Jewish Nation from the Fall of Jerusalem to the reign of Constantine the Great.

Edersheim held other positions, changed to the Church of England, & spent two years (or so) as the university preacher at Oxford but today he is most appreciated as the author of The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah.  Declining health took him to Menton, France, where he died 3/16/1889.

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