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The Toothache of Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi. [PDF]
Rambam Maimonides Med JThe Talmud describes several illnesses attributed to Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, one of the foremost leaders of the Jewish people after the destruction of the Second Temple, and the compiler of the canonical Mishnah.
Zadik Y.
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Of seduction and male abuse: Exploring the less-talked-about using Tamar’s stratagem (Gn 37–38)
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023 Gender-based violence has often been framed and perceived as exclusively a women’s issue. As a result, terms such as ‘violence against women’ and ‘gender-based violence’ have often been understood and used interchangeably.
Canisius Mwandayi
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Acta Fakulty filozofické Západočeské univerzity v Plzni, 2021 The aim of this article is to understand the foreign influence on Iron Age Judahite sacred architecture, offering and incense altars and clay figurines in the context of the latest archaeological finds from Israel.
David Rafael Moulis
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שָׁלוֹם proclamations in the Book of Jeremiah: The dilemma of Jeremiah 4:10 and 23:17
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 The use of the noun שָׁלוֹם in the Book of Jeremiah, as it occurs in prophetic proclamations, is of interest for this article. From an overview of a number of passages, it seems that the utterances in Jeremiah 4:10 and 23:17 are contradictory.
Wilhelm J. Wessels
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38 is one of the most intriguing stories in the Hebrew Bible. While it yields many useful insights into the character of God, the nature of sin and the aspiration of our redemption, it is equally offensive when one
Canisius Mwandayi, Sophia Chirongoma
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The emptiness of exilic and early Persian Judah: A historical study
In die Skriflig, 2014 The exile of some Judeans under the Babylonian Empire from 597 to 582 BCE is perceived to have left the land of Judah without residents, according to some biblical passages.
Phaswane S. Makuwa
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At the potter’s workshop. Jeremiah 18:1–12: A narrative that reveals more than meets the eye
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 Jeremiah 18:1–12 is a favourite passage often quoted and preached from pulpits. This prose passage however is much more complicated than taken at the face level. A one-dimensional reading misses the intricacies of these verses. The potter scene in verses
Wilhelm J. Wessels
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Old Testament Essays, 2017 There are certain analogies between the post-exilic community in Judah (or Persian Yehud) and post-apartheid South Africa. According to the OT two prominent leaders took responsibility for the rebuilding of post-exilic Judah: the governor Zerubbabel and ...
Daniel Francois O'Kennedy
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Mesopotamian Synchronistic Chronography and the Book of Kings
Religions, 2023 The Book of Kings uses a particular synchronistic framework to present the parallel histories of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in 1 Kings 14–2 Kings 17. Some Ancient Near Eastern chronographic compositions (synchronistic king lists, the Neo-Babylonian
Kristin Weingart
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The trauma of war: reflecting on aspects of fear, loss, but also disempowerment of the enemy (hope) in the Book of Nahum [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyThere should be no dispute that war causes trauma. In this article, the Nahum text serves as an example of how people suffering the threat of war experience trauma because of oppression, fear, and loss.
Elizabeth Esterhuizen, Wilhelm Wessels
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