[First posted in 2013 as part of the whole series on the last book of the Torah, Deuteronomy. This portion of the Torah attests to the universality of the application of YHWH’s Instructions for living in community. The Torah is not just for Israel but for the nations; not just for the generation that stood […]
[First posted in 2013 as part of the whole series on the last book of the Torah, Deuteronomy. This portion of the Torah attests to the universality of the application of YHWH’s Instructions for living in community. The Torah is not just for Israel but for the nations; not just for the generation that stood […]
Read more[First posted in 2013, reposted and updated every year thereafter. Here’s the original Introduction: Oy vey, as the Jews would say! How would the Torah-Giver view the world today which has morally deteriorated in practically every possible way ? If Hollywood is a reflection of reality, what a dismal state of affairs this world […]
Read more[This was originally posted in 2012. With the recent interest in coconut oil and products from the coconut tree, we are reposting this 5 year-old article. Please read the three comments in the “readers’ response” at the bottom of the page; interestingly, this post caught the attention of enthusiasts/promoters of coconut oil and coconut […]
Read more[A new year, a time when mindful individuals make resolutions, one of which might just include reading the Bible from the beginning. And so we will feature the Torah, chapter by chapter every Sabbath, the perfect day to rest from everything so one could focus on the Instructions and Guidelines for Living, issued by the […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2012, reposted 2014, a good time to review a basic MISinterpretation of this figure in Genesis 3. If you haven’t done so, dear reader, please read through the whole series about the ‘Serpent’ symbolism in the Christian Bible and be further enlightened so that you can make an […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. Timed for our current series on spooks timed for Halloween and All Souls Day. Note: the Resource Person mentioned here, “Benmara” no longer maintains his website referred to here, i.e. hearoyisrael.net. Still there is much to learn from this old post; read and you’ll discover what we mean.—Admin1] ————————- […]
Read more[First posted June 23,2012, this is the last of our series proving through the Hebrew Scriptures that the devil, evil spirits and ghosts do not exist and are human creative inventions, part of myth and legend: Ask the Rabbi: Saul and the Spirit Medium – 3 Ask the Rabbi – Saul and the Spirit Medium […]
Read more[This was first posted July 28, 2013. And so we reach the last book of the Torah. . . this is from The Literary Guide to the Bible, eds. Robert Alter and Frank Kermode our MUST READ/MUST OWN. We have recently added Robert Alter’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES to Everett Fox’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, both […]
Read more[First posted July 27, 2013. This is the 4th book in the series we are featuring from one of the best resources in our S6K library, a MUST-READ/MUST-OWN book titled The Literary Guide to the Bible, eds. Robert Alter and Frank Kermode. As we keep reiterating, a non-religious, non-theological approach to the Hebrew Scriptures which focuses […]
Read more[First posted July 26, 2013. As the opening sentence of this article says: “Perhaps the greatest problem facing students of the Bible as literature is the fact that so much of the Bible is not literature at all.” We, like most readers, have struggled with chapter after chapter of this book as well […]
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