Observation ·
Which Sea Did the Israelites Cross?
By PhilologosExodus's Sea of Reeds wasn't the Red Sea. But was it the Gulf of Suez? Lake Balah? Somewhere else?
Exodus
Latest Mosaic Content for Exodus
Observation ·
Reading Exodus with Leon Kass: Moses and the Levites
By Leon R. KassWhy does Moses order every Levite to practice fratricide?
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Reading Exodus with Leon Kass: Questions to Ask about the Tabernacle
By Leon R. KassDoes the preservation of the covenant depend upon repeated revelations and direct divine encounters, or are there more permanent ways?
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Reading Exodus with Leon Kass: What Is the Covenant?
By Leon R. KassGod’s proposed covenant does not look to men of virtue or point to rule by philosophers or kings or prophets. The covenant is made with each and every person.
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Reading Exodus with Leon Kass: The Meaning of Amalek
By Leon R. KassWhy is the Lord so adamant about obliterating Amalek, and why does He make His intentions known?
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Reading Exodus with Leon Kass: What Is Egypt?
By Leon R. KassThis week, we look at the religious, political, and cultural matrix out of which Israel emerges, and the human alternative against which Israel will be defined.
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Reading Exodus with Leon Kass
By Leon R. KassRead along with one of our time's great readers of the Bible as he works his way through the book of Exodus.
Response ·
There’s No Need to Feel Sorry for God (or for Leon Kass)
By Leon R. KassCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
The Puzzle of Primogeniture
By Ronna BurgerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
What “Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa” Teaches About Our Own Plague-Stricken Time
By Martin KramerA famous and sorely misunderstood painting of Napoleon touching plague victims in Palestine illuminates the current moment.
Response ·
On Confusing One’s Own Views with the Bible’s
By Jon D. LevensonCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
In the Hebrew Bible, Humans Never Learn. But Neither Does God.
By Hillel HalkinCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
The Plague-Words of the Bible
By PhilologosIs there a difference between pestilence and plague?
Monthly Essay ·
The People-Forming Passover
By Leon R. KassThere's a great deal more at stake in Exodus than getting the slaves out of Egypt. What might it be?
Observation ·
Rosh Hashanah Has Competition for the Beginning of the Jewish Year
By Sarah RindnerWhy the first of Nisan, which falls on this coming Saturday, would seem to be the most important date of all.
Response ·
Was Israel Taken out of Egypt, or Egypt out of Israel?
By Joshua BermanCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
The Bible’s More Than Three-Dimensional Pharaoh
By Atar HadariYou can hear the man’s voice as he keeps changing his mind. What’s the point of such a Shakespearean portrayal?
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Biblical Criticism Hasn’t Negated the Exodus
Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
The Exodus: Case Not Proved
By Ronald HendelCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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How to Judge Evidence for the Exodus
By Richard HessCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
Was There an Exodus?
By Joshua BermanMany are sure that one of Judaism's central events never happened. Evidence, some published here for the first time, suggests otherwise.
