“Taking to Heart: The Jewish Textperson” (4th year sermon)
First Movement: The Textperson Only what you’ve taken to heart can be given from the heart. I’m often asked by…
Parshat HaShavua
Vayikra: Religious Ritual and Social Ethics
As my class works through each section of Leviticus, I am going to likewise share a few thoughts about something…
Holiness and Impurity: A Cosmic Battle Between Life and Death
In the book of Leviticus, there are three primary sources of impurity that are addressed: corpses/carcasses, scale disease, and genital…
Inner Demons: A Theology of Human Responsibility
Jacob Milgrom identifies the radical shift that the monotheistic theology of Leviticus represents from surrounding pagan religions regarding the origins…
Leviticus: Relationship and Repair Through Ritual
This fall I am delighted to be taking a course on the book of Leviticus with Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi….