Book of Genesis: Accessible Torah translation captivates diverse readers, spurs multiple printings The Book of Genesis, a richly annotated English translation of the Torah, captivates diverse ...
What does God expect from each of us? Each religion has laws and expectations for its adherents. Many religions expect non-adherents to accept their precepts through conversion. Judaism has a ...
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Why does the Torah begin with the Genesis story? If it is a book of Law, ask the rabbis, why not start with the first commandment? On an individual level, perhaps it teaches us that just as God first ...
Just to make it absolutely clear, this is not a standard Torah commentary based on the teachings of the rabbis that one would obtain in a yeshiva. My background is in English and Comparative ...
Genesis, chapters one and two, present two accounts of creation. Many critics of the Bible (often, atheists) assume that they are contradictory. But there are many factors involved in interpreting ...
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Mankind’s most ubiquitous tome, the Torah has been read the world over — but only two of the holy scrolls have been brought into outer space and back, and both have an ...
The Torah is the first part of the Jewish bible. It is the central and most important document of Judaism and has been used by Jews through the ages. Torah refers to the five books of Moses which are ...