Prof. Jonathan (יונתן) Ben-Dov is Professor of Bible and Second Temple Literature at the Department of Bible, Tel Aviv University. He is co-author (with Asaf Gayer and Eshbal Ratzon) of Material and Digital Reconstruction of Fragmentary Dead Sea Scrolls (Leiden: Brill, 2022).
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Long before the discovery of Hammurabi’s laws—whose stated purpose is to protect the weak from abuses of power—Ibn Ezra intuited a similar principle underlying the Covenant Collection.
Long before the discovery of Hammurabi’s laws—whose stated purpose is to protect the weak from abuses of power—Ibn Ezra intuited a similar principle underlying the Covenant Collection.
The textual remnants of a Second Temple religious polemic between Judeans and Samaritans about where God’s chosen mountain lies.
The textual remnants of a Second Temple religious polemic between Judeans and Samaritans about where God’s chosen mountain lies.
Several poetic verses in Deuteronomy were used in Second Temple times to support the belief in multiple characters in the divine realm. Thus, the scribes of the early Masoretic text, who opposed this belief, sometimes went so far as to revise or excise these references.
Several poetic verses in Deuteronomy were used in Second Temple times to support the belief in multiple characters in the divine realm. Thus, the scribes of the early Masoretic text, who opposed this belief, sometimes went so far as to revise or excise these references.
A cornerstone of the Jewish luni-solar calendar or a commandment about the order of months?
A cornerstone of the Jewish luni-solar calendar or a commandment about the order of months?
The Torah and Bavli vs. the Prophets and Yerushalmi
The Torah and Bavli vs. the Prophets and Yerushalmi
What makes a material suitable for constructing a sacred space, and why, given all of the details and repetitions concerning the Tabernacle, are none of its manufacturing techniques narrated?
What makes a material suitable for constructing a sacred space, and why, given all of the details and repetitions concerning the Tabernacle, are none of its manufacturing techniques narrated?
