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and Hebrew. In 1550–51, Oleśnicki’s court became a shelter for Francesco Stancaro (Stankar, ca. 1501–74), a con- verted Jew of Mantua and a Hebraist from the Academy of Cracow.13 The attitude of the Reformists towards the Jews at the time varied from indif- ferent to hostile.14 However, when living
living water as a metaphor for what Jesus off ers, namely, God’s gift, which will spring forth to eternal life. Underlying this conversation are contemporaneous traditions that utilize a “well of living water” (mibe’er mayim ha-chayyim) known from the Dead Sea Scrolls.11 This “living water” is
living water as a metaphor for what Jesus off ers, namely, God’s gift, which will spring forth to eternal life. Underlying this conversation are contemporaneous traditions that utilize a “well of living water” (mibe’er mayim ha-chayyim) known from the Dead Sea Scrolls.11 This “living water” is
Atlif is a thirty-two-year-old Sa- maritan priest, with no chance of marriage within the community. He met Natasha in Ukraine, after an Internet courtship. We follow this new couple from their initial meeting to Natashas arrival in Israel, their en- gagement, wedding, and the complexities of life as a
Atlif is a thirty-two-year-old Sa- maritan priest, with no chance of marriage within the community. He met Natasha in Ukraine, after an Internet courtship. We follow this new couple from their initial meeting to Natashas arrival in Israel, their en- gagement, wedding, and the complexities of life as a
is suggested by an important change that the Jubilean author makes to the biblical injunction against consuming blood. According to Lev 7:27, 17:10, and 14, one who consumes blood will suffer the punishment of כָּרֵת: “Since the life of every living body is its blood, I have told the Israelites
victim. The function of the angels of fire is to make life so painful and restless for Ali that he, and presumably his household, will not be able to sleep until he leaves. That such spells were not unheard of is shown by another fragment, TS K1.24, which contains a brief formula that was used in this
to which they belonged. A comment excerpted from an article he published in 2005 serves as a fitting segue to my topic: 3 Rabbinic sources codified the practices in customary use in this domain of life, so that the usages in evidence in our documents generated the rabbinic rulings
Hasmonean ruler Alexander Janneaus is often identified with 1QpHab xi 8–17, which associates excessive drinking with the priest’s downfall. 8 This is because Josephus describes Janneaus as dying from alcoholism: “His life in the field and the inebriety to which he had become addicted combined to bring on a
explicitly Jewish text, Der Rabbi von Bacharach ( The Rabbi of Bacharach , written in 1824, published in 1840), a fragmentary novel in which he depicts Jewish life in Germany during the late Middle Ages. The core of the plot is a threat of a pogrom instigated by rumors of a ritual murder carried out by the