This week’s podcast guest uncovers the many layers to the biblical book that Jews traditionally read on the upcoming holiday of Shavuot.
Covenant, mutual responsibility, and the message of Shavuot.
Deeds of lovingkindness.
High on flowers, low on tradition.
“More desirable than gold . . . sweeter than honey.”
Three literary responses to one biblical book.
The writers failed to sympathize with their own characters’ commitment to clan and tradition.
At prayer, with the heads of animals.
An antidote to the Sodomite worldview.
The shifting historical meaning of “Thou shalt not oppress a stranger.”
Marcionites, Gnostics, and a Shavuot custom.
Hoshanah Rabbah, Shavuot, and caffeine.