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A classicist's insights into how Acts was composed and stitched together
I love to read fresh insights that potentially open new understandings on how a biblical author worked to produce what became a part of the foundational canon of western civilization. I’ve recen… more →
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Vayeishev: Something to Notice
vspatz wrote 15 minutes ago: Reuben returned to the pit — and behold! — Joseph was not in the pit [ein-yosef ba-bor]! … more →
On Twilight: An Explanation
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ditty1013 wrote 5 days ago: [WARNING: Non-specific spoilers throughout.] I have a confession to make: I get it. You know. The w … more →
Vayishlach: A Path to Follow
vspatz wrote 1 week ago: Twice in this portion, Jacob is told he will henceforth be called “Israel”: “Not J … more →
Vayishlach: Language and Translation
vspatz wrote 1 week ago: Now Dinah — the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob — went out to look over th … more →
Vayishlach: Great Source(s)
vspatz wrote 1 week ago: The uterine struggle between Jacob and Esau [Genesis/Breishit 25:22-26] prefigures the momentous str … more →
In Search of Lost Time: The Power of Habit
Sean Madden wrote 1 week ago: **Written April 2009** Marcel’s tumultuous relationship with Albertine in Marcel Proust’s epic novel … more →
My Thoughts on Kafka
Ice wrote 1 week ago: “Franz Kafka’s fiction makes no sense,” the introduction declared. At first, this … more →
Vayeitze: Language and Translation
vspatz wrote 2 weeks ago: Jacob departed from Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. He encountered the place and spent the night t … more →
A classicist's insights into how Acts was composed and stitched together
neilgodfrey wrote 2 weeks ago: I love to read fresh insights that potentially open new understandings on how a biblical author work … more →
Toldot: A Path to Follow
vspatz wrote 3 weeks ago: This portion includes an episode (Breishit/Genesis 26:1-11), beginning “Now there was a famine … more →
Toldot: Language and Translation
vspatz wrote 3 weeks ago: The lads grew up and Esau became one who knows hunting, a man of the field; but Jacob was a wholesom … more →
Toldot: Great Source(s)
vspatz wrote 3 weeks ago: Finally, it should be mentioned that the Yaakov stories are notable in the manner in which they port … more →
So, sex.
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tex wrote 3 weeks ago: So, here’s the deal. We have seen Axe commercials on the television, advertisements on the int … more →
Escapism as reader-responsibility
pernetteduguillet wrote 3 weeks ago: For my SF class, we read this blog post in which the author argues against the negative depiction of … more →
ENGLISH LITERATURE - Week 6: Notes on Othello
Charlotte Evans wrote 3 weeks ago: The power of language, identity, alienation, and jealousy are among the central themes of this play. … more →
Chayei Sarah: Something to Notice
vspatz wrote 3 weeks ago: And the young woman ran and told her mother’s household [l'beit imah]… …And Isaac … more →
Chayei Sarah: A Path to Follow
vspatz wrote 3 weeks ago: In Genesis/Breishit 24:11-27 Eliezer first encounters Rebekah at a well, and her betrothal to Isaac … more →
Lekh Lekha: A Path to Follow
vspatz wrote 1 month ago: The Torah does not provide a lot of background for Abraham and Sarah. Before following the couple wh … more →
Print vs Internet: the Dary Take
Dary wrote 1 month ago: Here’s my awesome take on THE BIG DEBATE. Getting published via the traditional publishing hou … more →
