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Like a Mirror

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ARAUDING, murdering, racist xenophobes with a penchant for story-telling?

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The Word of Trust

HERE IS THIS Story about Rabbi Eliezer Ben Hircanus, a student about St Paul’s age, that I’ve cited before. It’s an important tale from the Midrash because it explains the Midrash, the entirety of the Talmudic process by which the meaning of Jewish Law is expanded to include things not actually there. It [...]

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Too Early for Lentils?

EXTBOOK has a two part discussion on the Red Stuff the Jacob used to swindle his brother. Part 1 and Part 2 are up, part of their Eating the Bible blog. I’m waiting for Part 3 with the actual recipes.
Swindle…
So: if we (Christians) are commanded to freely feed the hungry. If Jews [...]

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Clinging

I will not let you go, unless you bless me.
HIS IS One of those curious scenes in the Bible. On several places in the Hebrew Scriptures (especially in Genesis) angels serve double-duty as the Presence of God. In this story of Jacob, after wrestling all night with him, the stranger says Jacob has “wrestled [...]

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Brooding Over the Waters

Brooding Over the Waters

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ow, it’s done.
Cardboard, Ink, Tape and Detritus. Aprox .6 x .91 meters

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The Creature

was watching an episode from the second season of HBO’s Rome last night. The two main characters say their emotional goodbyes as one leaves for Alexandria with Marc Anthony. The departing man walks away and - quite literally - melts into a crowd of people on the streets of Rome. [...]

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