The Mountaintops Appear in the Month of Tammuz

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisGod Announces the Flood That Will Swallow All FleshThe Flood is named at last. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 6:17) renders God's announcement: "I, behold, I bring a flood of waters upon the earth to swallow

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Wind of Mercies That Dried the FloodTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 8:1) turns the tide of the story with a phrase the Hebrew does not quite say. And the Lord in His Word remembered Noah, and t

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisNever Again Will a Flood Destroy the EarthTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 9:11) delivers the promise every frightened heart has clung to since Noah stepped off the ark. I will establish my covenant w

The Midrash of PhiloThe Nagging Injustice Behind the Great FloodThat feeling, that nagging sense of injustice, it's not new. Not by a long shot. In fact, it’s a question that echoes all the way back to the very beginning, to

The Midrash of PhiloPhilo Reads the Flood as Allegory of the Number FifteenThe Torah tells us, in (Genesis 7:19), about the flood: “And the water overflowed fifteen cubits above all the highest mountains.” Simple enough The first readi

The Midrash of PhiloWas the Breath That Ended the Flood Wind or SpiritThe familiar story is this: Noah, the ark, the animals, and the rain that just wouldn't stop. But what about that crucial moment when the waters finally receded

The Mountaintops Appear in the Month of Tammuz

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