Judaism is largely a religion of interpretations, not of literalism. We have many sayings about the space between the words being important – in fact, all our midrashim are, in some sense, about the space between the words. That’s where interpretation happens. Mozart said that “the music ...
Bar Kappara used to sell sayings for denarii. 'While thou art still hungry, eat; while thou art still thirsty, drink; while thy pot is still hot, empty it out. [meaning "relieve yourself"] When the horn is sounded in [the market of] Rome, do you, O son of the fig-seller, sell...
Yeshua:“I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness. If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; forI did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.” Yeshua was the Great Priest and ...
R. David Freedman, “Woman, a Power Equal to a Man”,Biblical Archaeology Review 9(1983): 56–58. Quoted inHard Sayings of the Bibleby Walter Kaiser, et al. (Downer’s Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1996), 93. The relevant passage can beread here. Dr Martin Shields (Department of Hebre...
and no fear of death. All these aspects are embodied by the Gandhian Daniel. Gandhi emphasized the active role of Daniel as a resister, not the traditional view of the victim of court intrigues. In this paper, I argue that the image of the idealsatyagrahiDaniel could be strengthened by ...