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The Book of Job: A Whirlwind of Confusion

An ambiguous divine speech is the subject of great scholarly debate.

The Revival of Jewish Mysticism: Causes and Concerns

The renewed interest in Jewish mysticism can partially be attributed to a renewed interest in non-traditional spirituality.

Jewish Mysticism Renewed

In the last three decades, Jewish mysticism has gone from an underground discipline to a mass phenomenon.

Kabbalah and Mysticism 101

Jewish mysticism has taken many forms.

Source Criticism of the Torah

How modern scholars explain the origins and authorship of Judaism's foundational text.

Advertising and the Tenth Commandment

Advertising deals in dissatisfaction, argues one environmental activist. We buy to cure deficiencies that ads mercilessly invent, encouraging us to covet what others have.

Consumer Protection in Jewish Law

The Torah forbids fraud in pricing and in weights and measures. Prophets and sages rail against those who violate these laws.

Loving God and Doing Business

The Torah admonishes us to "love God" with our material possessions -- that is, not to keep our religious values and economic lives in separate compartments

Halakhah and Aggadah

Balancing between the importance of Jewish behavior and the meaning that Jews find in those behaviors creates a productive tension that defines Jewish life.

Torah Study: Two Approaches

Approach to Reading Jewish Texts. Reading and Studying Sacred Jewish Texts. Kitvei Kodesh. About Jewish Texts. Jewish Texts. People of the Book.

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