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Excerpt From Fishke The Lame, Mendele Moykher Sforim

Religion - All Scholarship

Translated by Ken Frieden, Syracuse University

Examining Six Key Concepts In Joseph Smith's Understanding Of Genesis 1:1, Kevin L. Barney

BYU Studies

Joseph Smith spent Sunday afternoon, April 7, 1844, in a grove behind the Nauvoo Temple. There he gave a funeral sermon, which lasted for over two hours, dedicated to a loyal friend named King Follett, who had been crushed by a bucket of rocks while repairing a well. Known today as the King Follett Discourse and widely believed to be the Prophet's greatest sermon, this address was Joseph's most cogent and forceful presentation of his Nauvoo doctrine on the nature of God, including the ideas of a plurality of Gods and the potential of a man to become as God. …

Isaiah's Oracle Against Philistia: An Exegetical And Historical Study Of Isaiah 14:28-32, Paul Wenz

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

Isaiah's oracle against Philistia in 14:28-32 presents some unique problems to the exegete. Itis the only oracle with a chronological marker in Isaiah, i.e., it is dated at King Ahaz's death (v. 28), which raises questions of authorship for some. Chapter 1 introduces Isaiah's use of “Oracles against the Nations" (OAN) and specifically how Isaiah's oracle against Philistia is a good example of the genre, yet points out some of its unique characteristics. The translation of the pericope, with its exegetical details, is treated in chapter 2. Chapter 3 gives comments on the oracle and its setting, which is Isaiah's …

Hebraica Veritas? An Exhibition From The Collection Of The Center For Judaic Studies Library, Stephen G. Burnett, Seth Jerchower

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

Christian Hebraism was an offshoot of Renaissance humanism whose devotees—biblical scholars, theologians, lawyers, physicians, scientists, philosophers, and teachers in Latin schools—borrowed and adapted texts, literary forms, and ideas from Jewish scholarship and tradition to meet Christian cultural and religious needs. Intellectual and cultural exchange did occur between Jew and Christian during the Middle Ages, but paled by comparison with what occurred between 1450 and 1750. Encounters between cultures can be fruitful, but also very painful. Certainly Christian Hebraism had such effects both upon European Jewry, and upon western tradition. One of the most tangible witnesses to the sudden and sustained …

Menorah Review (No. 48, Winter, 2000)

Menorah Review

The Problem of Pain -- Science and Religion: The Case of Judaism -- Shylock the Liberal -- The Poet of Delight Beyond Suffering -- The Feminist's Corner -- American Jews: A Body Politic -- From Woodstock Shall Go Forth the Law -- Noteworthy Books

Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate College Catalogue And Calendar, 2000-2001, Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College Calendar

No abstract provided.

Menorah Review (No. 49, Spring/Summer, 2000)

Menorah Review

From Trotskyism to the World of Our Fathers -- The Feminists Corner -- Israel Time 1430 Between 7 Hrs 38 Min Flying Time Left to Newark, Past Vienna, Turning NW To... -- Contemporary Interpretations of Ancient Israel -- Emancipation and Disintegration -- Noteworthy Books

Menorah Review (No. 50, Fall, 2000)

Menorah Review

The Merchant of Venice and Skylock's "Christian Problem" -- Mishlo'ach Manot -- Jews and Slaves -- Lambs and Wolves? -- Gd's Grace, Gd's Rain -- Rabbinic Authority in Babylonia -- Is an Art and Literature of the Holocaust Possible, or Does it Violate A Strict Taboo? -- Golden Bluff Boulder -- Noteworthy Books

Crusader, October, 22, 1999, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

Center For Professional Ethics, Volume 2, Issue 1, 1999, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• A Look at Vichy Law
• Notice: The Center Launches Website
• Director's Corner: Tinkering with the Machinery of Death by Robert P. Lawry
• Ethics Events
• Ethics Updates
• News and Notes

Center For Professional Ethics, Volume 1 Issue 3, 1999, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Richard Weisberg; author & scholar, to address CWRU
• Update on Ethics Fellows and Associates
• Regulating Ethics
• Porn on Campus: What are the Issues?
• Director's Corner by Robert P. Lawry
• CWRU Says Good-bye to Tom Murray ....With a Smile
• News and Notes

Menorah Review (No. 46, Spring/Summer, 1999)

Menorah Review

The Quintessential Other -- Were Jews Ignored by All? -- Critical Perspectives on Israel the 1990s: Politics, Society, Scholarship -- Early Spring -- From Auschwitz to Meaning Therapy -- Jews and Muslims Together -- Noteworthy Books

Menorah Review (No. 47, Fall, 1999)

Menorah Review

Physician-Assisted Suicide -- What Price Prejudice? -- The American Synagogue: Now and Then -- Amelek -- Picks and Pans from the Feminist's Corner -- King David -- A Good Life Now and Then -- Noteworthy Books

Menorah Review (No. 45, Winter, 1999)

Menorah Review

The Timeless Value of Heschel -- Religion and Politics -- Picks and Pans from the Feminist's Corner -- What We Are, What We Have, What We Are Able To Do -- Mendelssohn, Reason and Religion -- Mordecai Kaplan and American Jewish Orthodoxy -- Noteworthy Books

Chana Kronfeld. On The Margins Of Moderism: Decentering Literary Dynamics, Ken Frieden

Religion - All Scholarship

Review of Chana Kronfeld's work On the Margins of Modernism: Decentering Literary Dynamics.

Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate College Catalogue And Calendar, 1999-2000, Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College Calendar

No abstract provided.

The Displacement Of Jewish Identity In Stefan Zweig's "Buchmendel", Ken Frieden

Religion - All Scholarship

IN THE STORY "BUCHMENDEL" ( 1929), Stefan Zweig represents Jewish identity
in Vienna as it is displaced. eclipsed, and then destroyed. Yet the narrator.
a man of the world much like Zweig himself. does not mourn this process of
ethnic effacement. Instead, he bemoans the associated destruction of literary
culture at !arge and seems unconcerned about the implications for Jews in
Vienna or elsewhere. Like other residents of Vienna during the First World
War, the urbane postwar narrator even shows a measure of unexamined xenophobia, which is surprising in light of the nesh-and-blood author's Jewish ethnicity and cosmopolitanism. Because the …

Joseph Perl's Revealer Of Secrets: The First Hebrew Novel, Ken Frieden

Religion - All Scholarship

Review of Joseph Perl's work Revealer of Secrets: The First Hebrew Novel.

“Have You Never Read?” The Significance Of Old Testament Citations In The Plot Of Matthew’S Gospel, Carl M. Hanson

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The primary purpose of this thesis is to begin to make a narrative critical examination of the use of explicit Old Testament formula citations in Matthew as they relate to the plot of the story. As an introductory study into the problem, a number of skills will be developed in this study. One prerequisite will be to explore and develop a better understanding of the narrative critical method. This means gaining the skills necessary in using this method to analyze the question above. Ancillary to this will be to gain an appreciation for the study of plot in general, and …

Mixed Media Febraury 23, 1998, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The February 23, 1998 issue includes articles on apathy at RISD, the elective "Community Art Program," the Jewish FIlm Festival, RISD Museum updates, the second annual Queer Arts Festival, an upcoming forum on information technology, and students playing video games, along with the comic "Detective Vance Marble," "Daydream," "Rainbow Rot" by Jim Drain, classifieds, dining hall menus, event notices, and other announcements.

Menorah Review (No. 43, Spring/Summer, 1998)

Menorah Review

Books on Contemporary Israel: Process, Perception and Progress -- A Story Too Often Told: Supersessionism and Triumphalism -- By the Law of the Land -- A Complex Partnership? -- On Heroes and Jews -- Book Briefings

Menorah Review (No. 44, Fall, 1998)

Menorah Review

When Bad Things Happen to Anyone: Venturing East of Uz -- The Meandering Muse -- A New Jewry: Promise or Threat? -- Synagogue and State -- Theology, Justice and Memory After the Holocaust -- Book Listing -- Book Briefings

Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate College Catalogue And Calendar, 1998-1999, Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College Calendar

No abstract provided.

Menorah Review (No. 42, Winter, 1998)

Menorah Review

Black-Jewish Relations: Past, Present and Future -- Exploring Exodus: The Common Root for Judaism and Christianity -- Sarah at the Tent Post -- On Studying Mishnah -- Book Listing -- Christianity Without Jeers -- Book Briefings

The Need For American Ethnic Studies At Predominantly White Institutions (Ii): Latino And Judaic Studies, Miguel Carranza, Alan Steinweis, Keith Parker

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

This session will provide a straightforward account of what ethnic studies is and the current state of ethnic studies.

Mixed Media March 10, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The March 10, 1997 issue includes articles on the renovated Metcalf Refectory receiving a design excellence award, observations from the Picture Collection supervisor, the doings of the RISD chaplain, Brown's Swearer Center, and a Jewish Film Festival, along with the comic "Soft Core" by Jesse Wiens, the comic "Miko" by Royce Wesley, a comic by Fran Krause, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media February 24, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The February 24, 1997 issue includes articles on cross-registration with Brown, fashion and the future, the Jewish Film Festival, the Queer Arts Fest@RISD, food services at RISD, problems with student advisors, and RISD statistics, along with the comic "Miko" by Royce Wesley, "after school" by Takeshi Murata," "Soft Core" by Jesse Wiens, event notices, and other announcements.

Menorah Review (No. 40, Spring/Summer, 1997)

Menorah Review

A Dissenting Voice -- More Resources By, For and About Jewish Women -- Individuals of the Jewish Persuasion -- Book Listing -- Recognizing the Other -- Copying Torah, Copying Love -- Book Briefings

Menorah Review (No. 41, Fall, 1997)

Menorah Review

The Jewish Image in American Fiction -- An Endless Journey? -- A Summer's Game -- The Exilic Home of Jewish Literature -- Book Listing -- Book Briefings

Menorah Review (No. 39, Winter, 1997)

Menorah Review

An Interpretive Methodology With Supersessionist Forebodings -- Through a Glass Brightly: Seeing the Unseeable -- The 12th Annual Selma and Jacob Brown Lecture -- Controversy and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Book Listing -- Jewish Civics -- Leah -- Book Briefings