In the evening one beds down weeping, and in the morning, glad song. Psalm 30:6b [Hebrew text] Robert Alter In the morning – The Gnostic thinks that this world is a place of bondage, of ignorant slumber, a prison house of matter deceiving the soul. Of course, his view emanates from philosophical assumptions derived from…
Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, so as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity. Psalm 101:8 NASB Every morning – When you walk the streets of Jerusalem as the sun rises, you are likely to say, “Boqer tov” to those you meet. “Good…
and there was evening and there was morning day one Genesis 1:5 (my translation) Evening/ Morning – Our concept of time was invented to serve the purposes of the British Rail System in 1847. Obviously, this “railway time” (as it was called) was needed to coordinate the management of the trains, but it did not…
