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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...
Korah— it’s not just one insurrection but two, woven together by a careful redactor. Is this a Levitical civil war masked as divine ju...
SHELACH – the layered narratives of the twelve spies sent to scout the land of Canaan. By comparing the accounts in Numbers and Deuter...
Beha’alotecha—from the menorah of Numbers 8 to the one displayed in Jerusalem, with a stop in Zechariah 4 to briefly explore the idea of two...
In this double portion, we unpack the census-supported structure of Numbers, tracing tribal arrangements, competing lists, and curious incon...
In this week’s episode, Ross, Jono, and Ezra unpack the intricate laws of land, liberty, and value in the final double portion of Leviticus....
Emor steps into the priestly playbook of Leviticus. We explore the rigid hierarchy of holiness, where physical defects disqualify, certain f...
Acharei Mot & Kedoshim – where goat demons haunt the wilderness, “uncovering nakedness” becomes a legal category, and the Day of A...
Tazria & Metzora are some of the most unusual—and uncomfortably specific—sections of the Torah. Covering childbirth, skin eruptions, bod...
In this week’s Torah Pearls, we explore the strange fire that is the dramatic theophany at the altar and ask, did Jehovah eat the fat on the...
TZAV – We examine the curious repetition of the priestly ordination in Exodus 28–29, 40, and Leviticus 8. Are these accounts out of or...
VAYIKRA – step into the profoundly ritual world of Leviticus—the realm of the Priestly source. From gift offerings to expiatory sacrif...
In this week’s episode of Torah Pearls, Ross, Jono, and Ezra (the ChatGPT-powered textpert engineered by Seth) wrap up the Book of Exodus—li...
This week, Ross, Jono, and Ezra explore the Torah portion Vayakhel, noting its striking repetition. Jono draws a surprising parallel to the...
KI TISSA – (Exodus 30:11–34:35): From the chaos of the Golden Calf—those unholy cows—to the enigma of Moses’ horns. Why did counting h...
TETZAVEH (Exodus 27:20–30:10) is steeped in priestly tradition. We explore the sacred garments of Aaron and his sons—were they divinely mand...
TERUMAH – The Tabernacle’s “tachashim” skins spark debate—was it a unicorn, a badger, a dolphin, a seal, or something mythic? We ask:...
Mishpatim (Exodus 21-24) contains ancient laws and intriguing parallels between the Covenant Code and the Code of Hammurabi. We discuss R...
Join us as we uncover hidden agendas and mysteries in the Yitro narrative. Was there an effort to erase Moses’ descendants from Israel’s pri...
Did the Israelites cross the Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba, or did this narrative originate from the imagery of the Battle of...
We explore the dramatic final plagues in Egypt, the first Passover, and the theological tension between Pharaoh’s hardened heart—was it his...
We discuss the theological implications of hardening Pharaoh’s heart, explore the significance of the phrase “these ten times,”...
Exodus! We’ll explore the significance of the “seventy souls,” the puzzling identity of the Pharaoh who “did not kno...
In this episode we explore the final Torah portion in Genesis, Vayechi (Genesis 47:28–50:26). We dive into Jacob’s last moments, his blessin...
This week on Torah Pearls we unpack the emotional climax of the Joseph narrative—his dramatic revelation to his brothers. High drama unfolds...
In this episode, we delve into Pharaoh’s dreams and their striking similarity to other biblical narratives, like those in Daniel, and...
This episode explores the theological shift that begins with the Joseph saga, where divine encounters give way to vivid dreams and human dra...
We explore Jacob’s mysterious wrestling match and the meaning behind the name “Israel.” From the significance of Peniel/Penuel t...
In this episode we journey through Jacob’s dream of the heavenly stairway at Bethel, the events surrounding his pillar (later forbidde...
In this episode, we explore Toledot, Genesis 25:19–28:9, and the ancient story of Isaac’s life. We discuss the mystery of Rebekah’s ag...
In this episode, we examine Abraham’s acquisition of the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, a site steeped in tradition as the burial place of the...