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Category Archives: Bible
Shiksa: Biblical Roots of Racism by Professor John Hartung
According to his website: John Hartung is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and Professor of Anesthesiology at the State University of New York. His Ph.D. is in anthropology from Harvard. About half of Dr. Hartung’s publications … Continue reading
Chaim Amalek: Shouldn’t there be a Holocaust Remembrance Day for the lost people of Amalek?
1 Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the LORD sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the LORD. 2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘I will punish … Continue reading
The Joseph Story
Chaim Amalek: The Koranic version of the biblical story of Josef makes the Jews look much better than the version in Torah, in which the Jews look like and are depcted as financial predators, feasting on the misfortune of others. … Continue reading
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Onward Muslim Soldiers
A Jewish friend is rereading the Torah: Genesis is bizarre. Still, it provides the first known instance of identity theft (Jacob and Esau) and identity theft can be a good thing. I wonder how many yeshiva bachurs go away from … Continue reading
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The Creation Of The Book Of Esther
Two Bible scholars write: The final step for the creation of the Megillah was connecting the combined story to the (preexisting) Festival of Purim. The name Purim is based on the Akkadian word for “lots” (pūrū). Many scholars believe that … Continue reading
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Tabletmag: In her new book ‘Bewilderments,’ Avivah Zornberg and her biblical hero explore fresh terrain
I can never make heads or tails what she’s talking about. I guess that means she’s deep. I must be the only one who feels this way. I just searched her out on Amazon and the world wide web and … Continue reading
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Novel Interpretation of the Purim Story
Joe* emails: Here is a good question for anyone with a deep understanding of Megillat Esther (the Scroll of Esther). At the second feast prepared by Esther for the King and Haman, Esther reveals that she is a Jew and … Continue reading
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Is James Kugel Orthodox?
James Kugel is a famous Bible scholar who takes unorthodox approaches to understanding the origins of the Torah. Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says in a 2007 lecture for Torah in Motion on Rabbi David Zvi Hoffman: “The idea that the … Continue reading
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Married People Talk Different
In his 13th lecture on Deuteronomy, Dennis Prager says: “I play a game on the radio. When a person calls, and starts talking, and all I have is a name and the city, I know nothing else about the person, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, deuteronomy, place on earth, sex life, sexual beings, sexual tension
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Orthodox Bible Study
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Rabbi Hayyim Angel, an extremely popular Bible professor and the rabbi of a large and storied synagogue in Manhattan. He recently published his second book — Revealed Texts, Hidden Meanings: Finding the Religious Significance in Tanakh … Continue reading
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Tagged creative thinkers, gil student, nechama leibowitz, orthodox jew, orthodox jews, traditional attitudes
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