The great prophet, in the second part of the Book of Isaiah, in applying the phrase "house of prayer" to the Temple to be built at Jerusalem (Isa. lvi. 7 and, according to the very defensible reading of the LXX., also lx. 7), may have used a phrase which, in the time of the...
Modi’s performance represents a modern interpretation of the Borscht-belt comedians who came before him. Drawing inspiration from Jackie Mason and Alan King, Modi’s larger-than-life stage presence sends a clear message: be true to your audience and the rest will follow. In this video clip...
“The most charitable interpretation that can be put on this sad alliance between Jewish radicals who would not harm a fly and a wicked regime that murdered millions of innocent people is that it derived at least in part from the existential situation of a persecuted minority that, especially i...
On the whole, Chronicles was regarded with suspicion; its historical accuracy was doubted by the Talmudic authorities, it being held to be a book for homiletic interpretation, (Lev. R. i. 3; Ruth R. ii., beginning; compare Meg. 13a). The names were treated with great freedom; and man...
Of the many pleasures of Orthodox Jewish life, surely among the more obscure of them is being tapped for readinghaftarahportions from theshivah de-nehemta. The ‘seven of comfort,’ selections from the latter third of the book of Isaiah, are read on the seven weeks which follow Tishah Be...
1:20: This, then, you must understand first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is made by private interpretation. 1:21: For not by will of man was prophecy brought at any time; but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. Chapter 5, The “First Epistle of...
Here, from a contemplative perspective and interpretation of the passage, prayer is situated in relation to a state of heightened attention and non-distraction such that one wouldn’t notice even if one’s life were in immediate physical danger (snake) or faced with extreme social pressure (...
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Adele Berlin is professor emerita at the University of Maryland, where she held the Robert H. Smith Chair in Biblical Studies. Her books include The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism (Indiana University Press) and Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative (Eisenbrauns). She was the coeditor...
The great prophet, in the second part of the Book of Isaiah, in applying the phrase "house of prayer" to the Temple to be built at Jerusalem (Isa. lvi. 7 and, according to the very defensible reading of the LXX., also lx. 7), may have used a phrase which, in the time of the...