Everybody knows that according to the biblical story of Noah, it rained for forty days and forty nights (Genesis 7:12, 17). Less well-known is that the flood lasted for far longer. The biblical account relates that the flood began “in … [Continue reading] about The Calendar Before Chaos
A Full Citation Network of Jewish Legal Literature
I am delighted to announce that I was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant for three years to work on the project, “Knowledge Transmission and Cultural Interactions Through the Ages: An AI-Based Analysis of a … [Continue reading] about A Full Citation Network of Jewish Legal Literature
Is All Animal Slaughter in Antiquity Sacred?
I recently had an essay published at theTorah.com. It is connected to last week’s Torah reading, Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17), focusing on Deuteronomy 12, which allows for the consumption of domestic animals that were slaughtered … [Continue reading] about Is All Animal Slaughter in Antiquity Sacred?
The Land of Israel in the Religious Imagination
This fall I will be teaching the course "The Land of Israel in the Religious Imagination: From Antiquity to the Present" as a continuing education course. It is open to all and will have a hybrid format. You can attend in person in Providence or … [Continue reading] about The Land of Israel in the Religious Imagination
My New Book: Forthcoming in February
Dear friends, I’ve spent much of my career exploring the ancient religious imagination—how people understood the divine, lived with the sacred, and interacted with each other across boundaries of belief. And how they acted on those … [Continue reading] about My New Book: Forthcoming in February