Hebrew Bible
Showing the Israelite God’s masterful transvaluation of the Egyptian pantheon.
But the exiles still had reason to weep.
Storehouses for the wealth of priests.
A mob built the Golden Calf; a community built the Tabernacle.
A derived translation of the Hebrew Bible’s ḥesed, which focuses on action and deeds for others, lovingkindness as understood today focuses on internal feeling.
Along with the independent judiciary and limited government.
And one verse of Isaiah.
Deriving Jewish thought from Scripture.
The work of Zechariah ben Anan.
“We shall do and we shall understand.”
On reading the Hebrew Bible in a spirit of intellectual honesty without losing your faith.
Stemming from a God who stands above nature.
After vanishing for over a millennium.
Perhaps they weren’t so multitudinous after all.
