“After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do.”

More a contract than a prayer.

Moses and his renegade army of shepherds and lepers.

Striking similarities.

A sign not of divine victory but of divine obligation.

The bright side of exile.

Covenantal love, erotic love, or both?

Nor does it depict God as transgender.

The archaeological data, though sparse, support the biblical account.

Native to the region.

Where did many of the tales in the Babylonian Talmud come from?

Was it a synagogue?

Terms for weights and measures, for one.

Did one influence the other?