The Distinction between Premeditated and Unintentional Homicide
If the TaNaKh, Israel’s Foundational Literature, had nothing to say to the moment we are living, it certainly would not merit much of our attention.
Modifying the Law is Affirming It
The fundamental rule of patriarchal society, as found in the Hebrew Scriptures, is that sons alone have the right to inheritance. Yet five women—Mahlah, Noah,
You Cannot Say Something about Somebody That is Not
Portion of the Deir Alla inscription that mentions Balaam Amman Museum In 1967, during excavations of a building at Deir Alla in the Jordan Valley,
Overcoming Regressive Beliefs
Prophets, court scribes, wise men and women, poets, and priests each understood the divine will somewhat differently. Their different understandings are what one finds in
“Every controversy that is for the sake of heaven will endure, but one that is not for the sake of heaven will not endure”
Chapter 16 of Bamidbar (the book of Numbers) registers what the Jewish foundational literature considers one of the most subversive moments in the long series
Israel’s historical responsibility is to face “giants.”
After their exodus from Egypt and experiences at Mount Sinai, the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh (located southwest of today’s kibbutz Sedeh Boqer in