Torah
A new book argues that the Hebrew Bible has a distinct and consistent intellectual tradition. The author joins us to explain.
Finding the rationale for the nonrational.
A Palestinian thief or an “inside job.”
From a 3rd-century synagogue to the Library of Congress.
Judaism beyond slogans.
Black fire on white fire.
A literary-midrashic approach.
As the latest attempt to draw universal ethical principles from the Bible shows, philosophical investigation of its text offers the prospect of great rewards—and grave dangers.
The influence of the Ts’enah Urenah.
Renewing the covenant.
And find evidence of the continuity of the biblical text.
Some are named for their first word, others for their first significant word. What about the rest?
Why is it different from the Jewish Bible?
Making sense of a discomfiting law.