If you have any interest in the modern study of the Bible, stop what you are doing and read this interview with David M. Carr at the Book of Doctrines and Opinions. It is enlightening and intellectually challenging. I think that it also shows how non-specialists, and probably some specialists, myself included, are often near [...]
The Bible Quiz for Adults, חידון התנ”ך למבוגרים, was held yesterday in Israel. As many in Israel are speaking about women in the public space, it is worthwhile to look closely at the first and second place winners. The first place winner is on the left and the second place winner is on right. The [...]
Prof. Israel Knohl was interviewed by Dov Elbaum on his program Sod ha-Luaḥ ha-Ivri. The entire program can be found here. The interview is in Hebrew, but here is a summary of Knohl’s ideas. Knohl tries to minimize the importance of miracles in Judaism and the Bible, intentionally using the post-Biblical phrase “עולם כמנהגו נוהג”, [...]
Ora Horn Prouser’s book Esau’s Blessing: How the Bible Embraces Those With Special Needs is now available. Yishar Koach Ora.
In the Rosh ha-Shannah edition of Haaretz, Yaacov Shavit had a nice article about the sins of the generation of the flood. The Hebrew can be found here, but I do not think that it was translated into English. Shavit brings numeorus interpretations and retellings of the flood story from many different sources, recent and [...]
One of my favorite books on the parashah is Yeshayahu Leibowitz’s Hebrew book on parashat ha-shavuah. Israeli Education Channel 23 has posted online a number of older programs. One of them is a program on on the book of Genesis that featured Yeshayahu Leibowitz. The program can be found here.
One of the most well-known Israeli songs ever is Yerushalayim shel Zahav, Jerusalem of Gold. Naomi Shemer wrote the song and it was originally sung by Shuli Natan at a song festival in Jerusalem a few weeks before the Six-Day War. An interview with Shuli Natan about the song can be found here. Here is [...]
The Mukata has posted the translation of an article that was published last year in Makor Rishon on the origins of Purim. The article gives an overview of some theories about the origins of Purim, the canonization of Megillah Esther, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
I have written a number of times about Tanakh Ram, the modern Hebrew rewritten Tanakh, and it seems as if the discussion is only getting louder. Haaretz has an article about the drastic drop in the number of students from secular Israeli schools (mamlakhti) who are taking the bagrut test in Tanakh at the highest [...]
Huhn on Lincoln’s Use of Biblical Imagery: Wilson Ray Huhn (University of Akron – School of Law) has posted A Higher Law: Abraham Lincolns Use of Biblical Imagery on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article describes Lincoln’s use of biblical imagery in seven of his works: the Peoria Address, the House Divided Speech, his [...]
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