Bible, Kohelet “…re’ut is to be understood as a fleeting movement of wind, or air, such as a gust or a breeze” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 October 2016 …the most common claim is the repeated use of the phrase “hevel and re’ut...
Bible, Kohelet “Kohelet sets out on his inquiry from the perspective of a life replete with fortune and opportunity” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 Kohelet sets out on his inquiry from the perspective of a life replete with...
Bible, Kohelet “The central message of Ecclesiastes may be encapsulated in a single word: Hevel…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 The central message of Ecclesiastes may be encapsulated in a single word: Hevel, usually...
Bible, Kohelet “A better reading of hevel…takes us back to the root meaning of the word: Vapor or mist” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 A better reading of hevel, then, and one that provides us with an extremely...
Bible, Kohelet “The reading of hevel as “vanity” is not only misleading, but, in some cases, it makes the text impossible to read” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 The reading of hevel as “vanity” is not only misleading, but, in some cases,...
Bible, Kohelet “It is only through the corrected reading of hevel as “transience” rather than “vanity” that we may understand the structure of the book of Ecclesiastes, and thereby learn its message” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 It is only through the corrected reading of hevel as “transience” rather than “vanity”...
Bible, Kohelet “The word hevel, moreover, resembles a number of Hebrew roots clearly dealing with demise over time…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 October 2016 The word hevel, moreover, resembles a number of Hebrew roots clearly dealing with demise...
Bible “Shoshana has been borrowed in Latin and European languages to become Susanna (and its pet forms: Susie, Sue, Susan, Suzanne)” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 March 2016 The lovely girl in Song of Songs is compared to a lily of the...
Bible “…the architecture of the Holy of Holies…suggest a type of theological equality” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 August 2015 …the architecture of the Holy of Holies expressed something else, as well, because, if...
Bible “…if “Cushite” was used to convey the foreignness of Moses’ wife, it is fitting that Miriam is in turn made to feel the outsider as she is set apart outside the camp” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 July 2015 …if Miriam used the term “Cushite” as a racial slur referring to skin color,...