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WHEREFORE MITZVOT THE DIVINE COMMANDMENTS Vol 32 No 2 2004 TAXONOMY OF MITZVOT It is nothing short of genius for Judaism to select as its central credo the Hear O Israel passage Deut 649. ETHAN DOR-SHAV JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY 18 teaching from beginning to end, but a thematic progression, one that follows Kohelet's own discovery of meaning. The book can be seen as consisting of three SHUBERT SPERO JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY 94 Hebrews [ivrim] (3:18). The term "ivrim" was known in the region as desig-nating various groups of different ethnic origins who, like the Patriarchs, did not oc SHUBERT SPERO JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY 12 Gershom Scholem mentions that this tradition was already reported by Isaac Arama in 1470 and appeared in Prague in 1580 in a booklet called The Gol-den Menorah. FRED BLUMENTHAL JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY 120these questions and therefore fail to create a complete picture of what took place during this eventful night. This may be the reason that prompted Maimoni MOSHE REISS

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God is convinced that Job will respond appropriately even to undeserved suffering. He imposes one condition on Satan: 'Keep your hands off his per-son' (1:12). The LEON KOSOFSKY

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Joseph then brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pha-raoh; and Jacob greeted Pharaoh. Pharaoh asked Jacob, 'How many are the years of your life?' And THEODORE STEINBERG

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The Sages understood this darkness in moral terms. People could not see one another. When it is so dark that people, even brothers, cannot see one another, Shimon talking rather heatedly Shimon genuinely upset, and even come in and listened Chain1 Shimon's for such a an old respected scholar. had grasped Shimon for having spoken entirely in of ZVI RONJEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY 144 DAY AND NIGHT BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE SUN AND MOONThe Bible begins counting days even before the creation of the sun and moon on the fourth day, leading to the ZVI RONJEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY 166 en his name, since the naming is mentioned in Genesis 10:25right in the middle ofpassage indicating which dscendant of Noah received which territory. Among the JACOB CHINITZ JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY 74of Kedar shall be gathered together unto you. The rams of Ne-baioth shall serve your needs with acceptance on Mine altar, And I shall glorify My glorious house ( MOSHE REISS

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consent to a marriage, the prince had violated the custom. Whether Dinah experienced shame or dishonor is not stated. The only other incidence of rape in the B BRIAN WEINSTEIN JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY 188treatment of Shylock shows the depth of his understanding of human charac-ter and emotions. Shakespeare creates an immortal character even though "there are t siglo. Ministerio. . Yeshua. la Luz del Mundo . Moreh. Gerardo Echevarria Martínez . Jer. 25:9 Yo mandaré por los pueblos del norte y por Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, siervo mío, dice YHVH, y los traeré contra esta tierra, contra sus habitantes y contra todas estas naciones de alrededor, y los consagraré al exterminio, y los convertiré en objeto de espanto, burla, y desolación perpetua..