The Phrase משתה in the Book of Esther
Many English versions translate משתה generally as either “feast” (e.g., ESV, KJV, NKJV) or “banquet” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NRS, RSV, TNK) and […]
Month: January 2019
“Philologists can sometimes forget that texts are not themselves autonomous subjects that move here and there, or chameleons that change color to fit the scenery”
Philologists can sometimes forget that texts are not themselves autonomous subjects that move here and there, or chameleons that change color to […]
“The Korean Talmud and its outsized popularity can thus also be understood as a form of Occidentalism”
The turn to the Talmud as a book of Western wisdom in Japan, Korea, and China is reminiscent of a similar interest […]
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