[This was first posted in 2012, reposted 2014, 2016 and now we’re into year 2019! Anytime is 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 […]
[This was first posted in 2012, reposted 2014, 2016 and now we’re into year 2019! Anytime is 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 […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2012, timed for Father’s Day celebration every year. This reflects a simple reading and discussion by Sinaites of the problems within families that practice favoritism. To this original perspective are now added commentary from the three sources we have chosen to feature: Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz; RA/Robert Alter; […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2012. Reposting on the celebration of Shavuot which falls this year on June 9-10,—Admin1]. ——————– On Shabbat way back in May 26, [2012]. we devoted our Torah Study time to SHAVUOS ROADMAP, issued by Torah Mates: Exploring Judaism Together. If Jews today identify with the Israelites of that […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2012, reposted every year on the occasion of Father’s Day.—Admin1] ——————————- Since we did an article in May on the track record of mothers in the bible on the occasion of ‘Mother’s Day” [The hand that rocks the cradle . . .], on the occasion of ‘Father’s Day” […]
Read more[First posted in 2014. Despite attempts of commentators to explain this chapter, for us these questions remain unresolved: How does a man ‘wrestle’ with a ‘Divine Being’ and ‘prevail’? Is the ‘Divine Being’ here a messenger/angel . . . or God Himself? Is this image of two beings (human and divine) a physical wrestling […]
Read more[First posted in 2013. Since this chapter is a crucial one, we will quote in toto the commentary of our MUST READ/MUST OWN Pentateuch & Haftarahs, not only the Introduction but the comment for specific verses. Commentary is enclosed in [brackets]. Highlighting and reformatting have been added.—Admin1.] ———————- CHAPTER XIX. A MANUAL OF MORAL INSTRUCTION […]
Read more[Reposting at a time when abortion, throwaway unborn fetuses and unwanted born babies have become connected with “Women’s Rights”. Whaaatttt? Where? In a country where women are supposedly so liberated, they can be as sexually active as they choose to be, in and out of marriage, because contraceptives are accessible and aplenty, guess where? If […]
Read more[First posted in 2014; revived for our series on “The Outsiders”/”the Other”/the “UNchosen”. Who? Those who were not among the “chosen” or specifically the line of Abraham-Isaac-Jacob but were just as loved by the Creator/Revelator. Related posts: The UNchosen – Esau/Edom – A Second Look The UNchosen: What if you were a gentile […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. This series ‘Journey of Faith’ features the Sinaite perspective on characters who figure prominently in the biblical narratives that trace the lineage of the chosen people of Israel. There are persons outside of ‘the chosen line’ who are interesting studies of character, often misrepresented or unfairly judged—one such is Esau. We’ve added this […]
Read more[First posted in 2014; part of the series whose title went through 3 changes: “the Outsiders”, then “the Other”, and finally “the UNchosen.”— ‘who they’? Non-Israelites, Gentiles, just like us Sinaites, who were not “chosen” but who chose and embraced the God of Israel and joined the “mixed multitude” who left symbolic “Egypt” the […]
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