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BIBLE: The Tanakh

The Jewish Bible, or Tanakh, has three sections: Torah, Prophets, and Writings. But the Bible is hardly bound by its covers. It has inspired commentaries that span thousands of years. The origins of the biblical books may be disputed, but their centrality to Judaism--and Western civilization--is most definitely not.

LATEST ARTICLES: TEXTS

  • Bathsheba

    King David's wife and King Solomon's mother game on the scene because of David's wandering gaze.

  • Abigail

    How one woman's manners took her from wife of a rancher to wife of King David.

  • Dinah

    Was her intercourse with Shechem rape?

  • Sotah

    This ancient ritual represents supreme inequality.

  • In Yiddish

    How the Yiddish translation of the Torah, Megillot and Haftarot became associated with women.

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    Rabbi Judah ben Tabai said: If anyone had said to me before I entered high office, "Assume that office," my only wish would have been to hound him to death.

  • Esther: The Whole (Operatic) Megillah

    This season, New York City Opera brought back on stage the late Hugo Weisgall's Esther, a contemporary work based on the biblical story of mortal danger and miraculous survival.

  • More Notes on Being a Good Host

    Two weeks ago in Parashat Vayera we read about how Abraham and Sarah were really stellar hosts, and on MJL we even featured our article on how to be a good host and a good guest.

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    The Yankees win! The Yankees win! Oh, I'm sorry.