by hadassah | Mar 30, 2023 | Literature of the Second Commonwealth
James C. VanderKam. “Jubilees,” Bible Review (8:6), 1992. The book of Jubilees belongs to a category of literature that contemporary scholars designate by the pleasantly vague tag “the Rewritten Bible.” The author of the book, like a number of other ancient...
by hadassah | Mar 30, 2023 | Literature of the Second Commonwealth
Carey A. Moore. “Susanna,” Bible Review (8:3),1992. True or not, Anita Hill told the story of her alleged sexual harassment by the now-Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to a nationwide television audience of millions, fascinated by the drama of sex and...
by hadassah | Mar 27, 2023 | Literature of the Second Commonwealth
Amy-Jill Levine,”Tobit,” Bible Review, (8:4), Aug 1992. A mix of folktale and prayer, biblical themes and classical motifs, Tobit depicts a fantastic tale of Diaspora life. Containing an angel in disguise, a murderous demon, a magical fish and a young man on a...
by hadassah | Dec 18, 2016 | The Maccabean Revolt
“Hannukah”—the celebration of the (re-)dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem—goes back to the very first dedication—that of Solomon in the 10th century BCE. But the holiday Jews have long called Hannukah commemorates just one of the Temple’s re-dedications—that at the...
by hadassah | Nov 27, 2016 | Greco-Roman Period, The Talmud
Shaye J.D. Cohen. “Judaism to the Mishnah: 135-220 C.E.” Part II Greco-Roman Period Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism- a Parallel History of their Origins and Early Development. Ed. Hershal Shanks. Washington D.C.- Biblical Archaeology Society, 1993. The organization...
by hadassah | Sep 20, 2016 | Social and Religious Life in Diaspora
Being a Diaspora people, Jews create art using the same material culture of their surroundings. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS
