admin | May 10, 2022
By Rabbi Jim Morgan Parashat Emor(Leviticus 21:1-24:23) When Im teaching, I often receive feedback from people that they are outraged by this or that passage in the Torah.
admin | May 10, 2022
Cornerstone University is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Watson, Ph.D., as professor of Old Testament for Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Dr
admin | May 10, 2022
Often, medieval Jewry is conceived through the simple binary of Ashkenaz and Sefard. However, this binary view erases many distinct regional identities that existed at the time
admin | May 10, 2022
The Glossa Ordinaria is, simply put, an extensive medieval collection of biblical commentaries. Literally speaking, a glossa is an annotation, originally found in the margins of the biblical text, that some copyist would add to clarify the meaning of a word in either Hebrew or Greek the word glossa being originally Greek itself, meaning tongue and, by extension, language. Most of these marginal commentaries helped standardize the biblical text and the ways in which biblical languages themselves were transmitted
admin | May 10, 2022
Eleven years after the approval process started, the Amir Center in Jerusalem, a building dubbed the ugliest in the city, is set for demolition later this year. Also known as the Shufersal Building, the seven-story structure stands on the corner of Agron Street, facing King George Street and Paris Square
admin | May 10, 2022
Its 7:30 on Friday morning and I am massaging a bowlful of chickpeas in water.
admin | May 10, 2022
Most American readers of the Bible depend on English translations. Professional translators make interpretive choices in their work all of the time
admin | May 8, 2022
(May 6, 2022 / JNS) American Friends of the Hebrew University held its annual SCOPUS Award Gala on April 28, where two politically involved couples from opposite parties were given the prestigious award in a show of bipartisanship and unity on behalf of the universitys mission. Nearly 200 people filled the ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where, earlier in the day, the Republican Jewish Coalition held its annual leadership meeting.
admin | May 8, 2022
The oldest text in ancient Hebrew ever found in Israel happens to be a curse. It is dated around the year 1200 BC and was found at Mount Ebal in the West Bank (the biblical Schechem, the first capital of the Kingdom of Israel following the split of the United Monarchy).
admin | May 8, 2022
Whos that person who makes you groan when they walk up the driveway? Political canvassers, maybe? Where I live, in the green and pleasant land of Northern Ireland, its election season.
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