The Genesis 14 narrative was crafted around the prehistory references in the Shapira Scroll. The narrator did this with the intention of answering how the indigenous peoples of the lands east of the Jordan were dispossessed or destroyed, while writing Abram into the narrative as the hero, thus paving the way for the sons of…
The Torah contains two competing lists of the twelve tribes of Israel. While no two lists of the tribes are identical, their division into one of two categories is revealing. Milgrom identifies a determining factor: “The tribal lists throughout the Bible may vary in the names and order of the tribes, but they share in…
In recent weeks, I have been contacted privately by numerous sincere people asking the same question: Should I continue to observe the biblical feast days? The question comes after Ross and I completed the third season of Torah Pearls. This year-long journey through the weekly Torah portions differed in approach from the previous two seasons.…