Kohelet “The Book of Kohelet “had come to be associated with the name of Solomon, traditional patron of Wisdom in Israel Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 May 2014 …the book had come to be associated with the name of Solomon, traditional patron...
Politics in America “‘My life explains my fight’ has been the argument of every American political biography for a long time” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 May 2014 My life explains my fight has been the argument of every American political biography...
Divorce “…there is never, ever an excuse or justification for extortion” for a Get Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 May 2014 …there is never, ever an excuse or justification for extortion. No one, not our...
Kohelet “…Koheleth writes his book in old age, recapitulating the stages of his spiritual history in the process…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 May 2014 …Koheleth writes his book in old age, recapitulating the stages of his spiritual history...
Talmud It is “clear that the BT’s agonism and rhetorical style owes much of its character and form to Greco-Roman rhetorical oratory” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 May 2014 In sum, the strikingly agonistic nature of the BT derives not only from its...
Marriage, Talmud “While the Torah itself spoke of marriage in only a legalistic way, the talmudic literature reinvented marriage as a deeply committed, truly covenanted relationship” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 May 2014 While the Torah itself spoke of marriage in only a legalistic way, the talmudic...
Talmud There were “two different interpretive approaches were available to amoraim and stammaim who needed to disagree with the anonymous view of the Mishnah” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 May 2014 …we find that two different interpretive approaches were available to amoraim and stammaim who...
Fundraising As opposed to hob nobbing, “you should turn your attention to your existing relationships to identify and engage new supporters” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 May 2014 It would seem that common sense would dictate that a fundraiser should hob nob...
Bible “…the Bible is not a collection of religious texts, but, rather, ‘a national literature upon a religious foundation'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 May 2014 The time is long overdue for recognizing, as Ehrlich observed, that the Bible is...
Talmud Considering Some Similarities Between Eastern Christian Schools and Babylonian Yeshivot Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 May 2014 Already three decades ago, Isaiah Gafni noted the similarities between these Eastern Christian schools...