The rabbinic exegetical method whereby the individual letters of Hebrew words are assigned a numerical value has its roots in the Greek system of geometrical algebra.

Hanukkah reminds us that while both the Hebrew prophets and the Greek philosophers had a divine mission, the mission was not the same. (1967)

Scholars have thoroughly examined the Greco-Roman influence on the talmudic rabbis, to the neglect of the Iranian influence. No longer. (Interview by Alan Brill)

Scholars have traditionally evaluated the letters of the apostle Paul only in a Greco-Roman context. A new book points convincingly to a very different source of influence.