History of the Jews in Turkey modest Jewish population. According to Jewish scripture, Noah's Ark landed on the top of Mount Ararat, a mountain in the Taurus range in Eastern Anatolia, near the present-day borders of Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. Flavius Josephus, Jewish historian of the first century, notes Jewish origins for many of the cities in Asia Minor, though much of his sourcing for these passages is traditional. New Testament mention of Jewish populations in Anatolia is widespread: Iconium (now: Konya) is said to have a synagogue in Acts 14:1, and Ephesus is mentioned as having a synagogue in Acts 19:1 and in Paul's Epistle
Way of the Gods according to the Confucian Tradition Gate[way]) or Holy Church of the Confucian Tradition (儒宗圣教 "Rúzōng Shèngjiào"). The aim of the phoenix halls is to honour the gods through Confucian orthopraxy ("rú" 儒 style), spreading morality through public lectures and divinely-inspired books (善书 "shànshū"). The Confucian Way of the Gods is defined as Houtiandao (后天道 "Way of Later Heaven" or "Way of the Manifested") by the antagonistic Xiantiandao (先天道 "Way of Former Heaven" or "Way of the Primordial") traditions, which claim to be closer to the God of the universe. The phoenix halls are concerned with the salvation of the disciples, which basically means deification. This