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Emotion, Gender, and Greco-Roman Virtue in Joseph and Aseneth.
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2017)
Anger, courage, and philanthropia—three important elements of Greco-Roman civic life—figure prominently in the book of Joseph and Aseneth and help us uncover the book’s message. One view within Greco-Roman culture valorized ...
When History Repeats Itself: The Theological Significance of the Abrahamic Covenant in Early Jewish Writings.
(SAGE Publications, 2017)
Alongside ‘Mosaic discourse’, Second Temple period authors increasingly looked to Abraham as a source of instruction and authority. This article focuses on the growing importance of the Abrahamic covenant through the lens ...
Gratitude and Ingratitude. Judaism.
(De Gruyter, 2015)
Job's children.
(Religion and Public Life, 2018-04)
Happiness. Judaism. Rabbinic Judaism.
(De Gruyter, 2015)
Jacob, Prayer of.
(De Gruyter, 2015)
Ancient Hebrew מעצד and עצד in the Gezer Calendar.
(The University of Chicago, 2013)
(From conclusion):
To summarize, therefore, it has been seen that the Hebrew noun מעצד refers to the “adze” throughout
the history of ancient Hebrew: it is found twice in the Hebrew Bible, in relatively unrevealing ...
The dangers within: Fears of imprisonment in enlightenment France
(Yeshiva University, 2021)
The histonan Jean Defumeau begins his classic study or fear in late-medieval and early modem Europe by citing Montaigne's description of arriving after nightfall in the town of Augsburg in 1580. To enter the town, Montaigne ...
The limits of tolerance: Jews, the Enlightenment, and the fear of premature burial
(Yeshiva University, 2017)
ln 1798, a little-known German journal, the Schlesische Provinzialblätter, published a
report about a case of narrowly averted tragedy. It concerned a young Jewish boy in Breslau who
had been pronounced dead 11 November ...
IPLA2-VIA is required for healthy aging of neurons, muscle, and the female germline in Drosophila melanogaster.
(PLOS: Public Library of Science, 2021-07-10)
Neurodegenerative disease (ND) is a growing health burden worldwide, but its causes and
treatments remain elusive. Although most cases of ND are sporadic, rare familial cases
have been attributed to single genes, which ...