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Hebrew Bible

No, Biblical Prohibitions on Incest Are Not about “Sexual Property”

The meaning of “nakedness.”

Eve Levavi Feinstein
May 6 2019 12:01AM

Carbon Dating May Confirm the Biblical Account of an Ancient Fortress

Did King Solomon’s son build Lachish?

Times of Israel
April 29 2019 12:01AM

What Jews Can Teach American Conservatives

The social covenant vs. the social contract.

Jonathan Silver
April 24 2019 12:01AM

What Exactly Is the Freedom Celebrated on Passover?

Freedom to enter into the covenant.

Yehoshua Pfeffer
April 23 2019 12:01AM

How the Books of Exodus and Esther Use Humor to Underscore a Message of Hope

Ironic inversions unite two narratives of redemption.

Joel Kaminsky
April 17 2019 12:01AM

Idle Gossip and Judaism’s Theology of Speech

A desecration of what is most sacred.

Jonathan Sacks
April 12 2019 12:01AM

A Newly Discovered Clay Seal May Have Belonged to a Minor Biblical Character

Nathan-Melekh, servant of King Josiah.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
April 1 2019 12:01AM

A Momentous, but Flawed Attempt to Render the Bible into English

Lost in translation.

Meir Soloveichik
March 26 2019 12:01AM

Esther, Shakespeare, and the Hidden Hand of God

Can Measure for Measure help explain the biblical book?

Noah Millman
March 21 2019 12:01AM

King Saul’s Downfall Stemmed from His Transactional Approach to Serving God

Sacrifices are not bribes.

Shlomo Zuckier
March 15 2019 12:01AM

The Challenge of Preserving Biblical Wordplay in English

Isaiah’s puns.

Robert Alter
March 14 2019 12:01AM

Reading Genesis, an Economist Sees a Tale of Technological and Social Progress

Along with a warning about globalization.

Tyler Cowen
March 12 2019 12:01AM

Why John Locke Preferred the Old Testament to the New

And why Israel and the U.S. should stop neglecting the Hebrew Bible.

Evelyn Gordon
March 11 2019 12:01AM

The Hebrew Bible on Death and Resurrection

Plus: the crisis of academic Bible scholarship.

Jon D. Levenson
March 6 2019 12:01AM
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