The prophet Malachi does not say what many people think he says
What does Malachi actually say? Most people, clerics of all religions and even scholars read the three chapters (in the Christian Bible [...]
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05, 2017
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04, 2016
Demons and Sympathetic Magic in the Passover Seder
Demons and Sympathetic Magic in the Passover Seder I spoke in the past about the ancient Jews believing in demons, the power of sympathetic magic (doing something on earth that causes heaven [...]
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01, 2016
“Tell Me the Truth, Moses, What Really Happened at the Red Sea?”
“Tell Me the Truth, Moses, What Really Happened at the Red Sea?” After years of devastating slavery, God aided Moses in leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Several days after the Exodus, the erstwhile slaves reached the banks of the Red Sea, also called the Sea of Reeds. They felt trapped and [...]
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10, 2013
God, divine laws, and suffering
Review by Israel Drazin Believing and its Tensions By Rabbi Dr. Neil Gillman Jewish Lights Publishing, 2013, 113 pages After teaching religion at The Jewish Theological Seminary for some fifty years, and serving as chair of its Department of Jewish Philosophy, Dr. Gillman retired and summarized his views on [...]
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07, 2011
King David with all of his faults
The Life of David By Robert Pinsky Nextbook, 2005, 217 pages Was King David pious? Was he a holy man who was divinely inspired to compose the biblical book of Psalms, the charismatic ideal leader whose offspring would never cease to lead Israel because he was so good, whose descendant would be the [...]
