Which Ten? How We Number the Ten Commandments Matters
There are at least three places in the Ten Commandments where punctuation needs to be clarified with important implications for interpretation.
Some Limits of Empathy: Insights from Hebraic Thought and Neuroscience
To understand empathy’s limits, let’s turn to ancient Hebraic insights about empathy, which receive support from modern neuroscience.
Ao invés de temer a perda de poder político, cristãos deveriam considerar a escolha de Daniel
Texto escrito por Dr. Michael Rhodes, publicado no The Biblical Mind em 4 de novembro de 2020, e traduzido por…
Joseph Soloveitchik: An Immigrant Rabbi Who Revitalized American Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, an immigrant and a polymath, helped revitalize Orthodox Judaism and Torah study in North America.
The Moral Legacy of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: A Voice of Hope in the Conversation of Mankind
The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks left a profound moral and intellectual legacy both in and beyond the Jewish community.
Family Conflicts and the Restoration of the Cosmos, Part III: The Lion of Judah, or the Kid of Tamar?
In Genesis 37–50, the image of kingly humility and servanthood is not the lion of Judah, but a foreign widow.
Does God Really Command Women to Marry Their Rapists? A Study of Deuteronomic Law
Deuteronomic law values the well-being of its female citizens, empowers them with a legal voice, and relies on rational proof.
Instead of Fearing Loss of Political Power, Christians Should Consider the Daniel Option
Evangelicals clinging to political power—even if from good motivations—should consider the stories of Joseph and Daniel.
Is Aristotle’s Ethics Hebraic? A Comparison of Greek and Hebrew Ethics
Though most of the “virtues” in the Bible would have found little welcome in Aristotle’s world of Athens, some of the Bible—its Hebraic tradition especially—contains moral concepts that, in form, can be considered Aristotelian.
