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October 2014

October 08, 2014

M&E 16 Rabbinic Discussions of Mysticism

Discussion of early Rabbinic accounts of Jewish mystical exegesis and practices, and Rabbinic concerns over...

September 2014

September 01, 2014

Temple 4: Sacrifice of Semiramis

The legend of Semiramis, queen of Assyria, has many different forms. (Probably to be associated...

May 2014

May 14, 2014

DH-33: How Many Sources?

The classical formulation of the Documentary Hypothesis posits four written sources for the Pentateuch, called...

May 12, 2014

DH-32: Source Criticism

Modern scholars attempt to clearly indicate their sources by footnotes. Ancient scholars generally did not. ...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

DH 21: Quot homines, tot sententiae

"As many men, so many opinions." Terence. My friend Matt Roper sent me the follow...

April 16, 2014

DH 14: Falsifiability?

A major methodological problem facing proponents of the Documentary Hypothesis—the Documentarians—is the question of methodology. ...

April 14, 2014

DH 12: Empirical Evidence

Empirical Evidence It is very important to realize that there is absolutely no empirical textual...

April 12, 2014

DH 10: Dating Ancient Texts (part 2)

4- Anachronisms—inconsistent dates, events, or features of a text. An anachronism is a feature of...

April 03, 2014

I’m shocked about the Noah Movie!

What shocks me most about the new Noah movie is that people actually expect Hollywood...