The Landscape of Revelation
Jan 2, 2016 By Eitan Fishbane | Commentary | Shemot
“Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. . .The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?…”
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Mourning for Joseph
Dec 25, 2015 By Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary | Commentary | Vayehi
Joseph and Zulaykha was written by Jāmī, a Persian poet and adherent of the mystical tradition of Islam (Sufism). It is based on the biblical story of Joseph and the wife of the Egyptian courtier, Potiphar (she is known as Zulaykha in Muslim tradition).
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Mortals and Immortals
Oct 17, 2014 By Benjamin D. Sommer | Commentary | Bereishit
We human beings tend not to see something that doesn’t fit our preconceived notions, including when we read the Torah.
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Joseph’s Feast
Dec 11, 2015 By Michael R. Boino | Commentary | Miketz
In Joseph’s Feast, Joseph struggles with his family trauma as well as his desire for familial love. The title as well as some of the content of the poem alludes to Belshazzar’s feast as told in the Book of Daniel (Chapter Five).
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Redemption in the Dark Pit
Dec 5, 2015 By Jason Gitlin | Commentary | Vayeshev
Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
