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A Theological Revolution In Deuteronomy - TheTorah.com

In order to answer these questions, we begin with Deuteronomy’s place in biblical history. 2 Kings 22-23 describe a series of…

For Whom Does Rachel Weep? - TheTorah.com

The Josianic reform was fueled by finding some version of the scroll of Deuteronomy in the Temple (2 Kings 22).…

Rahab, the Broad, Symbolizes Israel’s Conquest of Canaan - TheTorah.com

Josh 2:3 The king of Jericho thereupon sent orders to Rahab: “Produce the men who came to you and entered your house, for they…

Cursed Is One Who Does Not Uphold the Words of This Torah? - TheTorah.com

The King – The Yerushalmi quotes an aggadic story about King Josiah as support for R.…

How the Jerusalem Temple Was "Chosen" as the Only Place of Worship - TheTorah.com

Sam 7:1 When the king was settled in his palace and YHWH had granted him rest from all the enemies around him, 7:2 the king said…

Historical Hakhel Ceremonies and the Origin of Public Torah Reading - TheTorah.com

“You shall surely tithe” (14:22-29); כי תכלה לעשר. “When you complete your tithe” (26:12-29);[2].…

The Significance of Hittite Treaties for Torah and Orthodox Judaism - TheTorah.com

The history of modern research into the biblical covenant is one of polemics.[2] At the turn of the twentieth century (CE), academic…

Prophecy and Legislation After Moses - TheTorah.com

Just as the final prophet says (Mal 3:22), “remember the Torah of Moses my servant.”…

A Precariously Fragile Torah - TheTorah.com

Kings 23:24; Neh 8:9, 13; 2 Chr 34:19. 2 Kings 22:11 has a similar expression, “the words of this scroll of torah” (דברי ספר התורה…

Moses Dies at the Age of 120 — Was it Premature? - TheTorah.com

11:9; 2 Kings 17:18.…

Deuteronomy: The First Torah - TheTorah.com

Most famously, King Josiah is greatly distressed upon hearing the words of the long-lost “book of the torah” (2 Kings 22:11),[…

A Tribute to the Blasphemer’s Mother: Shelomit, Daughter of Divri - TheTorah.com

וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ יְדִידָה בַת עֲדָיָה מִבָּצְקַת׃. 2 Kings 22:1 Josiah was eight…

Does the Torah Really Want Us to Appoint a King? - TheTorah.com

the centralization of worship, a central element of the reform described in 2 Kings 22-23.…

Why Are There No Israelite Priestesses? - TheTorah.com

Jeremiah (9:15) describes a female sage or “wise woman;”Huldah was a prophet (נביאה, 2 Kings 22:14), who was consulted by high…

Why Is the Torah Divided into Five Books? - TheTorah.com

which motivated King Josiah to initiate his extensive religious reform (2 Kings 22-23).…

Shema Yisrael: In What Way Is “YHWH One”? - TheTorah.com

יט:יג אַיּוֹ מֶלֶךְ חֲמָת וּמֶלֶךְ אַרְפָּד וּמֶלֶךְ לָעִיר סְפַרְוָיִם הֵנַע וְעִוָּה. 2 Kings 19:10 “Tell this to King Hezekiah…

Edomite Kings List: Is It Post-Mosaic? - TheTorah.com

Thus, we have such a section about the sons of Nahor, Abraham’s brother (Gen 22:20–24),[2] about the sons of Abraham’s other wife…

The Place(s) that YHWH will Choose: Ebal, Shiloh, and Jerusalem - TheTorah.com

Josiah according to the story in 2 Kings 22–23 was Deuteronomy.…

Bathsheba the Kingmaker - TheTorah.com

The Place of 1 Kings 1-2 in the Biblical Narrative.…

A King Who Reads Torah

Smelik, “The Inscription of King Mesha,” in The Context of Scripture, vol. 2, 138. [11] See also 2 Sam 14:4-12.…

Ahasuerus, the Son of a Stable-Master - TheTorah.com

[2] Father would drink wine before a thousand (cf. Daniel 1:5) and was not satiated. Yet that man (i.e.…

Jehoiachin’s Exile and the Division of Judah - TheTorah.com

וַיַּסֵּב אֶת שְׁמוֹ צִדְקִיָּהוּ. 2 Kgs 24:17 And the king of Babylon appointed Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place…

God’s Coronation on Rosh Hashanah - TheTorah.com

Job 1-2), sits on a throne in a palace (see esp.…

Kings, Book

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Jezreel: A Military City and the Location of Jehu’s Coup - TheTorah.com

According to 2 Kings 9, the prophet Elisha sends a young prophet to the military encampment at Ramot Gilead, where troops are…