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A Historical and Contextual Approach. Integrating Academic Biblical Scholarship.

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  1. Feb 27

    Exciting new discovery! "Newly Deciphered Qumran Scroll Revealed to Be Megillat Esther":

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  2. Feb 27

    New Premier Dating Service — Are you looking for a partner with whom to build a committed Jewish home that is steeped in a critical approach? See our member profiles

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  3. Feb 22

    Why does insult by calling him “the son of my father’s stable master” ? ( 12b)

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  4. Feb 22

    Israelite leaders such as Joshua, Saul, David, and Ahab use divination to help them make decisions, just as their ancient Near Eastern counterparts did. Ancient Israelite

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  5. Feb 16

    If you take a look, you’ll notice that most Ashkenazi and Sephardi Torah scrolls begin each column with the letter vav. This practice is referred to as Vavei Ha‛ammudim (ווי העמודים), “the vavs of the columns.”

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  6. Feb 9

    Shabbat of the Full Moon. What do we know about the origins of the seven-day cycle?

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  7. Feb 8

    What Is Wrong with Charging Interest? The Torah prohibits lending to poor people with interest. Why did Jewish law include business loans and how did this effect the law’s original purpose?

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  8. Feb 8

    What Did God Write on the Tablets of Stone? Exodus 24:12 וְאֶתְּנָה לְךָ אֶת לֻחֹת הָאֶבֶן וְהַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוָה אֲשֶׁר כָּתַבְתִּי לְהוֹרֹתָם

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  9. Feb 8

    Does the Torah require that every firstborn male child be sacrificed to God? The question seems preposterous, yet this is the plain meaning of a passage in this week's Torah portion, Parashat Mishpatim

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  10. Feb 2

    ‘I Shall Fear God Alone and Not Show Favor in Torah’ A conceptual Foundation for wrestling with biblical scholarship by Rav David Bigman

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  11. Feb 1

    Do Not Covet: Is It a Feeling or an Action? In English, to covet means to desire obsessively, wrongfully, and/or without due regard for the rights/feelings of others. But does “covet” capture the meaning of the Hebrew verb חמד?

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  12. Feb 1

    Ten Insights about the Surprising misconceptions and ambiguities about God’s central and unmediated revelation

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  13. Jan 31

    Source Criticism Enhances Our Acceptance of the Torah - Rabbi Dr. Isaac Sassoon

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  14. Jan 30

    The Symbolic Significance of a Torah Scroll

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  15. Jan 29

    When a Teacher Believes Biblical Criticism Is Worse Than Pornography

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  16. Jan 22

    Lernen versus learning, davenen versus prayer how Jews define themselves.

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  17. Jan 15

    DNA and the Origin of the Jews Is their a genetic marker for cohanim (priests)? Are Ashkenazi Jews descended from Khazars? Why is there such a close genetic connection between Samaritans and Jews, especially cohanim?

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  18. Jan 4

    Did Pharaoh’s Daughter Name Moses? In Hebrew?

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  19. 12 Dec 2017

    The Original Meaning of Chanukah

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  20. 11 Oct 2017

    The Torah describes God’s fashioning the firmament on the 2nd day of creation. Doesn’t it actually exist?

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