Tanakh

Eliyahu Freedman compares hospital chaplains to the Kohanim.

Surprisingly, Bible scholars have not addressed the remarkable intertextual conversation between Jacob's blessings in Genesis 49 and Deborah's song in Judges 5. Michael Bernstein offers his original etymological analysis of the two poetic texts.

For Eve Grubin, Bilam's hidden messages is a lesson for the Torah and for life.

Ben Greenfield calls attention to a crucial, but unnoticed feature of the early narratives in Exodus.

In an original analysis of one of the most famous stories in the Torah, Maier Becker calls into question many long-held assumptions about this week's parasha and proposes a new reading based on the interpretations of traditional exegetes.

Ben Greenfield examines the curious parallels between the stories of Moshe in the ark and the splitting of the sea.

Ned Krasnopolsky explores the roles of meaning and obedience in matan Torah.

The significant linkages between the Garden of Eden narrative and the commandment concerning cutting down trees in time of war suggest a profound message about how we should live in an imperfect world.

Dan Ornstein juxtaposes the narratives of Cain and Jonah and explores the motif of anger.

The propriety of celebrating the downfall of enemies presents a complex web of questions and seemingly contradictory Jewish texts. Michael Kurin makes sense of this subject and proposes a framework for applying it to matters of Israeli public policy.