England, Politics in America “all but one of England’s original thirteen American colonies had been founded before impeachment went out of style” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 April 2021 The Englishman responsible for bringing the ancient practice of impeachment back into use was...
Bible, Genesis “When we read in the book of Genesis about Pharoah’s sar ha-mashkim…we are not reading about a maître d’ who brought him fruit juice” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 April 2021 When we read in the book of Genesis about Pharoah’s sar ha-mashkim, his cupbearer or “chief...
Babylonian Talmud, Rabbinic Literature “…studying Talmud…connects the (presumably) pluralistic ideas of the learner with the very activity in which they are engaged” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 April 2021 Even as the Shoah and the State of Israel were essential drivers of Greenberg...
Alcoholic Drinks, Beer, Wine “Most traditional forms of alcohol are made for immediate consumption” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 April 2021 Most traditional forms of alcohol are made for immediate consumption: They will spoil within...
Alcoholic Drinks “The origins of alcohol distillation are still somewhat obscure” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 April 2021 The origins of alcohol distillation are still somewhat obscure. Greeks in Alexandria had already...
Alcoholic Drinks, Beer, Wine “Unlike its role in other societies, wine eventually replaced beer and other drinks altogether among Greeks (except Spartans), Etruscans, and Romans of all social classes” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 April 2021 In Europe, credible evidence for alcoholic beverages, especially drinking vessels in funerary contexts, dates...
Alcoholic Drinks, Scholarship Alcohol “constitutes an especially revealing focus of analysis for anthropologists and historians” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 April 2021 In brief, alcoholic drinks are not simply reducible to a uniform chemical substance with...
Alcoholic Drinks “…alcohol has often acquired the additional stigma of being associated with traditional ritual practices and the power of what missionaries view as pagan superstition and prior networks of communal identity” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 April 2021 …some Protestant Christian sects depict alcohol as an evil and dangerous substance that defiles...
Purim “There is significant irony in contemporary traditional communities on Purim…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 February 2021 There is significant irony in contemporary traditional communities on Purim; rabbinic overexertion of the...
Babylonian Talmud, Rabbinic Literature “No talmudic discussion regards the recitation of [the Song of the Day] as anything other than temple practice” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 February 2021 …the daily Levitical songs (Pss 24, 48, 82, 94, 81, 93, 92) as recorded...