Mystical Explanations

You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance,  Exodus 15:17a  NASB You will bring them – What do you do with a text that has grammatical oddities?  Well, you could chalk it up to transmission error.  Copyists make mistakes and mistakes are handed on as if they were part of the original. …

A Little Change Here, a Little Change There (5)

You favor man with perception and teach mankind understanding. Grant us knowledge, understanding and intellect from You. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Grantor of perception.  Amidah  (Ashkenazi version) Wisdom, intellect and knowledge – The Sephardic version of the Amidah reads as follows: You favor man with knowledge and teach mankind understanding. Grant us wisdom, intellect and…

Bloodbath

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; . . . Genesis 1:26 NASB Image – You know, sometimes I think that all we do is circulate around poor exegesis of the Genesis text and as a result all kinds of doctrinal and ecclesiastical stupidities result. So I hate…