Torah Portion In Real Time: Ki Tissa
The Mystery I know we are in the middle of our BEGINNINGS series, and I really hope that my readers are eager to read the next post from this series – but…
The Jewish Studies Blog
There are tools that are needed to mine the depths of the biblical texts. There are also many perspectives that enrich our study, like the perspective of first century Judaism. This site is one of those rare resources that provides both tools and perspective for the serious student of Scripture.
– Dr. Allen Mawhinney, A Retired Academic Dean, Reformed Theological Seminary
Purim: The Question And The Answer
The Narrative We will pause our Beginning series this week, because Purim is approaching and we will talk about book of Esther today. Yes, there is a wonderful narrative here that we…
Beginnings (9) : Genesis 2
My dear readers, I thought we were ready to move on to the third chapter of Genesis – but I’ve realized that there are still many amazing nuances to be gleaned…
Beginnings (8): Genesis 2
And He called From our discussion of Genesis 1, we know that God’s word was the central part of the whole creative process – and the verb VaYikra (and He called) reflects…
Beginnings (7): Genesis 2
The Literary Bridge As we saw last time, Genesis 2:4 is the opening verse of the second account of Creation: it begins the second “story of heaven and earth when God created…