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The text is supposed to be either rather archaic or a deliberate archaism, depending on the scholar. The tetragrammaton shows up in verse 3 (technically in verse 1, but that's the intro) in form of a name introduction. Verse 2 uses first the short form "Yah", then the singular "eli&q...

Let the Turks and/or Brits take control of Palestine again and your beautiful wishes might get granted.

Bruno in the Middle East https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tihMVlNb76A The scene of Bruno being chased by the Haredi is striking - however even he wasn't outrageous enough to show up at the Kotel in that outfit. It would be difficult to argue that the Haredi weren't justified in having a reaction to ...

The ultra orthodox deserve some deference in this area as they believe that the temple was literally the home of YHWH on earth and all that implies. Secular Jews don't believe that. Their motivation is on an entirely different level and I strongly suspect that the main reason for secular worship ven...

The wall means more to the traditionally religious. If they honestly believe it is holy, they have the right not to see it desecrated. At some point one has to draw the line at what is perceived as disrespectable behavior. The wall might be the one part of Israeli life that the chief Rabbinate shoul...

Septuagint Jewish Legend Seventy-two Jewish scholars were asked by the Greek King of Egypt Ptolemy II Philadelphus to translate the Torah from Biblical Hebrew into Greek, for inclusion in the Library of Alexandria.[13] This narrative is found in the pseudepigraphic Letter of Aristeas to his brother...

this is likely explained by a more spiritual/less literal definition of "man" and "woman" fwiw. Read them as symbols iow, rather than ppl. "Prophets gone a'whoring" there would similarly be no actual whores to find, and etc The issue with male homosexuality seems to be...

Before Leviticus was composed, outright prohibitions against homosexual sex — whether between men or women — were practically unheard-of in the ancient world. I don't understand how women got into the issue. Apparently this is an example of equal opportunity when it isn't specifically asked for. Th...

Jews will find this interesting, they traditionally grow the hair on the side of the head. That was fascinating; it always is at picture time. Payot Payot (Hebrew: פֵּאָה‬; plural: פֵּאוֹת‬), also pronounced pe'ot, peyot; or payos, peyos, peyois, payois in Ashkenazi pronunciation, is the Hebrew wor...

What is the difference between a Nazarene and a Nazarite? https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-Nazarene-and-a-Nazarite A Nazarite is a title for an Israelite who took a special vow before God (usually for a specified time period or, in rare instances like Samson’s, for life). They ...