The U.S. Has the Legal Tools to Maintain the Arms Embargo on Iran—if It’s Willing to Use Them
Snapback.
July 1, 2020
The Hebrew Bible Never Speaks of Religion, Belief, or Even Law
Evidence that Judaism can’t be reduced to intellectual abstractions.
In biblical Hebrew—indeed in any ancient language—there is no word that corresponds to “religion.” Moreover, argues Joshua Berman, the very concepts of religion and belief were foreign to ancient peoples, Israelites included, even though their lives were often filled with ritual, and they saw the hand of the divine all around them. Berman explains that only by reading the Bible on its own terms and free from such anachronisms can one appreciate that Judaism can never be reduced to intellectual abstractions. (Interview by Dru Johnson. Audio, 45 minutes.)
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The UK Labor Party Censures Those Who Blame Israel for the Abuses of American Police, but the “New York Times” Hires Them
One institution improves as the other declines.
The South African Chief Justice Who Praised Israel and Sparked the Ire of His Own Government
Mogoeng Mogoeng.
The Hebrew Bible Never Speaks of Religion, Belief, or Even Law
Evidence that Judaism can’t be reduced to intellectual abstractions.
Two Rare Discoveries Are Evidence of the Original Return to Zion
Fake writing and filling an archaeological “black hole.”