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Many years ago, in a lecture on the creation of the Mishnah, the Orthodox Jewish historian, Rabbi Berel Wein discussed the rise of early Christianity as a historical and theological backdrop. He mentioned that this era is of particular importance to Jews because of the complicated and tragic relationship between Jews and Christians over the centuries. He referred to Joseph Klausner, the famed Jewish professor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who in the earlier part of the 20th century, had authored several works on early Christianity from a Jewish standpoint.

Despite significant improvement in interfaith dialogue in some quarters between Christians and Jews, many Christians still maintain theological positions that are inimical to fundamental Jewish beliefs, and consequently, to the Jewish people. The essential perspective that sets the tone for Christian attitudes toward Jews and Judaism is their theological view of the Torah.

The link between the religion of biblical Israel and the religion we now identify as rabbinic Judaism is often controversial. The controversy is often linked to theological agendas rather than an honest approach to Israel’s history. The religion of ancient Israel is linked to rabbinic Judaism is many ways. The two are linked by a shared belief in the one supreme God who created the world, chose the the Jewish people to be His people.

A story about an Demonic Angel in Heaven and an Angelic Demon in Hell. Damon always felt out of place in his surroundings and at his work. Most would consider it an ordinary problem but Damon was an angel working in Heaven. When Damon is redeployed to work on a mission on Earth, things start to become interesting. He is however dismayed to find out that he has been assigned as a shoulder Angel to the most boring man on Earth, Joe Smith.

In his senior year of high school, Julian has one goal: Be invisible. All he wants is to study hard, play basketball, and pretend he’s straight for one more year. Then, he can run away to university and finally tell the world he’s bisexual. And by “the world", he means everyone but his mom and best friend. That’s two conversations he never wants to have.

Welcome to Marco's rollercoaster of luck. Find the right girl, have a job you only mostly hate, and eventually move out of Washington State. Except...Marco gets dumped, fired, and incorrectly imprisoned. His freedom brings a silver lining in the form of a big check that hits his bank account. Deciding to enter a new line of work, Marco buys a ticket to Myriad Online...only to realize things are not going as planned, not at all.

Homicide Detective Anthony Hollownton is called to a murder scene, where something isn't quite right. It isn't the gruesomeness of the scene. Or the symbols written on the wall. Or the image carved into the victim's back. It is something else, something he can't quite put his finger on, something he doesn't understand. Then his partner disappears, leaving Tony alone as the world begins to unravel. Now, he must work within the supernatural community's rules if he is going to come out of this case alive.