The Battle of Beth Zechariah marked a turning point in the Maccabean wars, revealing deep rifts within Hellenistic Judea.
I’m not the only preacher who wonders occasionally about the logic of the Sunday lectionary readings. Why is this text included but not that one? I usually conclude that someone wiser than I is ...
The Gospel reading for December 19 contains the familiar story of Zechariah in the temple. You can read it here. It is the occasion when the Angel Gabriel appears to him to announce the birth of John ...
https://doi.org/10.15699/jbl.1352.2016.2991 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.15699/jbl.1352.2016.2991 Copy URL The language of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, the ...