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Here is Part II of Nehemia Gordon speaking with Idan Dershowitz about his book, The Valediction of Moses. This recording includes some engag...
I very much enjoyed this interview about the Shapira Scroll. Nehemia Gordon speaks with Idan Dershowitz about his book, The Valediction of M...
The Genesis 14 narrative was crafted around the prehistory references in the Shapira Scroll. The narrator did this with the intention of ans...
The Torah contains two competing lists of the twelve tribes of Israel. While no two lists of the tribes are identical, their division into o...
In recent weeks, I have been contacted privately by numerous sincere people asking the same question: Should I continue to observe the bibli...
This paper will offer evidence supporting the Shapira Scroll as a proto-biblical document. It will do this by comparing and contrasting pass...
Haazinu & Ha-Berachah: The final chapters of Deuteronomy contain the Song of Moses, blessings to the tribes (except Simeon), and the dea...
Vayelekh: a chapter rich with farewell speeches, a sacred scroll, and signs that the pen traditionally attributed to Moses may not have been...
In a world where foundational values are being challenged, this week’s episode opens with a reflection on what it truly means to stand for t...
Ki Tavo opens with first fruits and the ancient creed, “My father was a wandering Aramean,” then moves to tithes for the Levite, the strange...
Ki Tetze – one of the Torah’s most packed and complex portions. From the unsettling opening law about the captive woman to the closing...
Shofetim (Deut 16:18–21:9) – The portion begins with the appointment of judges and officials—a settled bureaucracy that seems far remo...
Re’eh – We begin with Moses setting before Israel “a blessing and a curse,” a covenant ceremony tied to Mount Ebal and Mount Ger...
Ekev (Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25) – We track Deuteronomy’s recurring four-verb covenant formula (שמע–למד–שמר–עשה), its call to love God, a...
This week on Torah Pearls (Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11), we explore Va’etchanan through the lenses of the Documentary Hypothesis and the Moses Scr...
As we open the Book of Deuteronomy, something shifts. Moses begins to speak—but so does a narrator. Whose voice are we hearing? And is this...
Matot & Masei – wrapping up the Book of Numbers with a double portion that’s as provocative as it is puzzling. From the complex la...
A plague strikes. A spear is thrust into sinners. A priestly silence is broken. This week, Ross, Jono, and Ezra ask: What’s the real point o...
BALAK – We unpack the strange and layered story of Balaam and discuss the Deir Alla inscription’s possible link to the biblical prophe...
Chukkat, translated as ‘statutes’, begins with a puzzling purification ritual—the Red Heifer and its sacred ashes—which leads to...