The untimely death of a black man causes a stir in the press, causing intellectuals and activists to point to a long history of slavery and institutionalized …
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Episode 67: How Jews Translate the Bible and Why
Any student of a foreign language knows that the process of translating a text can be laden with unexpected choices about words, sentence structure, and phrases …
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Episode 63: Ezra and the Compilation of the Pentateuch
The authorship of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament--known as the Torah or the Pentateuch--has been traditionally attributed to …
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