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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

  • Joseph

    The famous biblical dreamer.

  • 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.

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    Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, the Executive Director of Mechon Hadar, has written a new book called Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us About Building Vibrant Jewish Communities.

  • Holy Hot Pants

    Yes, I have several Mormon friends, and yes, they do make fun of each other for wearing what the more playful adherents of their religion have dubbed holy underpants. The link between ritual underg...

  • The Judeo-Christianity Section

    In the last post, David Rosenberg, whose new books are A Literary Bible: An Original Translation and An Educated Man: A Dual Biography of Moses and Jesus, wrote about writing about writers.

  • The Writer of Writers

    David Rosenberg's latest books are A Literary Bible: An Original Translation and An Educated Man: A Dual Biography of Moses and Jesus.

  • Build a Prayer

    If you've spent any time with a siddur in the past few years, you've probably wondered how you're supposed to relate to the prayers that were written and organized by rabbis hundreds of years ago.