the Gra, Elijah of Vilna, explains that man was created with the character traits of the animals. See aderet eliyahu ad. Loc. Its quite apt for a latvan...
I was informed about an interesting interpretation of Genesis 1:26, where one famously finds the plural "Let us make humankind in our image..." As I mentioned...
According to Henry T. Aubin, a black Pharaoh named Taharqa came to the aid of king Hezekiah of Judah, waged war against Sennacherib king of Assyria, and forced...
Hi all, Let's try to make sure that we "trim" our replies. If you're going to include parts of the message you're replying to, please include only those parts...
The talmud- Cant find the exact place this second i believe sotah- points out that the difference Btw the words ish and isha is the letters yud and heh making...
One of the reasons that I became interested in Near Eastern Studies and ultimately Biblical Studies and Hebrew was a great, big, beautifully illustrated book...
Years ago I read Redemption by Leon Uris. I loved it. Sure, it's a disappointment compared to Trinity. But the novel is replete with full-blooded characters...
Working under time constraints is not conducive to good research, but that's the reality of doing a Doctorate. I'm ploughing through Hans Frei's works in order...
By the way, for those of you members who don't recognize the image on our home page <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biblicalist> , it is Rembrandt's rendering...
Dear Tyler, Tony is much better now and is teaching again this term (at Nottingham). Kind Regards, steph fisher Nottingham University [Non-text portions of...
The strict monotheism of a book like Job takes one's breath away. "With malice aforethought" seems to be a fair description of the modus operandi of the...
I'm hoping someone here might have run across a book that would cover the history and theology of the intertestamental period. One of my fellow parishioners...
Hello! I want to ask what your opinion about the papyrus Fouad 266. This papyrus have the Tetragramaton in paleohebrew characters. This papyrus is fragmentary....
Hi, No, I don't see Hebrew and I don't understand why because I see normally texts in Hebrew or another Languages without problem. I'm sorry. About Gen 1-11...
I was curious if any of you have info on the following. If the Septuagint is the OT text most often quoted in the NT, how did we get to a place where the much...
Those of you who are in the Berkeley area will like to know about this. Daniel Boyarin has been honored by his UC Berkeley peers to present one of the Faculty...
Thinking out loud (this was posted on another list but apart from one "wow! Never quite though about it like this... " not much else); but it's something I've...
Hi Listers, There are some very fine discussions already started on our list. Here's another one that I want to get started, though I'm going to be out of...
Scholars are divided on the issue. Recent defenders of the horned Moses hypothesis include Jack Sasson ("Bovine Symbolism in the Exodus Narrative," VT 18...
Hello Thanks for this new group and it is excellent!!! About the mistranslation and Moses's horns: the Church of "S. Pietro in Vincoli", Rome with his statue...
Dear Biblicalisters, When responding to messages in long threads, please do your best to give accurate *and easily decipherable* attributions. On some recent ...
Where Is "Goshen"? The Patriarchal narratives portray the early Hebrews as moving to Egypt, and settling in "the land of Goshen" in Egypt. But for centuries,...
Something I didn't expect from the Bryn Mawr Classical Review <http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2008/2008-03-05.html> : Scott Noegel, Nocturnal Ciphers: The...
Dear friends, I suggest that you post holidays/holy days on the calendar; I know that this will be helpful to me. It is a quick and easy way to inform all of ...
I've recently been reading Gustavo Gutierrez's introduction to the spirituality of liberation theology. Dealing with life in the Spirit, he calls upon the...
When I first attempted to translate this verse, I wondered what the last line meant. I will bow down to your holy temple and I thank your name by your mercy...
I am glad to see we can subscribe from a reader - thank you moderators. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biblicalist/ works and it means I can ignore the email...
Hello everyone and welcome to The Biblicalist! As you will have seen in the protocols we sent out when you joined our list, we're intending this to be a...
I've just got back a post I sent to another forum without any signature: I'm afraid it's a glitch, I've set up my e-mail programme to attach a v-card to all...
