judaism

A bibliographical summary of Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.

To earn respect, a genre of Jewish texts assigns authorship to biblical figures and sages of previous eras.

This is an overview of ancient texts that came after the bible but before rabbinic literature.

Moses managed to come close to Pharaoh, even though Pharaoh posed a threat.

Renewal is possible at every moment.

We can identify with Pharaoh's servants--and this need not make us uncomfortable.

The year that might have mattered.

Modern-day plagues are occurring with greatly increasing frequency around the world.

It takes a great deal of courage to leave what is comfortable and enter the wilderness.

Like the Egyptians devastated by the arrival of the plagues, we become concerned only when environmental degradation reaches our back door.