Genesis
The exiles from Judah clung to the conviction that it was their own God who had brought humanity into being.
What the Maccabees called their enemies reveals much about how both cultures saw themselves and what the conflict between them meant for the world.
The taming of the shrewd.
“You will give truth to Jacob, lovingkindness to Abraham.”
What’s behind the mysterious “sons of God” and “daughters of men” in Genesis?
Southern Israel’s ancient, and modern, capital.
“Our father Jacob never dies.”
Not a dream coat, but a tool of providence.
Toward a ḥaredi environmentalism.
The conservative patriarch.
The author and businessman joins us to talk about what can and can’t be learned about labor, wealth, trade, debt, and credit from the Hebrew Bible.
“What’s purple, hangs on the wall, and whistles?”
Baḥya ben Asher, magic, science, and church bells.