For some reason Targum.info is not allowing me to update the site with new posts, so I will post the agenda here.
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In the comments of another post a few people asked about the value of Rabbi Kushner’s When Bad Things Happen to Good People. His position can, in many ways, be summed up in his assessment of how we read and respond to Job. If God is a God of justice and not […]
Death almost always brings with it the basic question of “why.” When it is young innocents as in the Sandy Hook attack or our son Mack, it becomes even more desperate. Even when those who are older who die for no clear moral reason we are at a loss for […]
Theology and the Bible should never be separated. (Unless it is systematic theology. After all, the Bible isn’t very systematic.) I “overheard” this on a listserv today. A priest proudly describing her sermon: It was pure theology, no specific biblical references. That is wrong on so many levels. I think […]
I am not sure how I have missed this site, which has been going for quite some time. BEARDED GOSPEL MEN is, as the “About” states, not to be taken too seriously, however it is very amusing and even educational. (You can learn how to “Grow One!” Just stop shaving is […]
Other resources for the Book of Ruth, including a short commentary, and its Targum can be found by navigating the menu above. Last month [July 2012] I presented my paper on the conversion of Ruth in Targum Ruth. I noted, in passing, that the Targum also explains why the two […]
A really rather excellent piece about being busy. It is not just the usual “we are too busy! slow down!” For one thing, it is well written, for another he speaks about the balance of work and play, our own responsibility in creating our busyness. As a parent this paragraph stood […]
I am in the final stages of preparing my paper on the transformation of the character of Ruth in her Targum and I thought I would share one nugget here with a comment about determining primacy of exegetical traditions. The first reference to Ruth in the Targum, as in the […]
Not at the same time, usually. As with most summers, this is my time to try and get some writing done. I continue, slowly but surely, to make progress on my book on TgRuth. Next month I will be presenting a paper on the character of Ruth in the Targum […]