An Everlasting Covenant Sealed in the Clouds

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Rainbow Seen Only When the Sun Is Not HiddenTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 9:14) explains the rainbow with a detail the plain Hebrew does not supply. When I spread forth My glorious cloud over the ear

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Sign of the Covenant Across All GenerationsTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 9:12) introduces the idea of a sign, an ot, that will anchor the covenant through all time. This is the sign of the covenant

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Sign Between the Word of the Lord and All FleshTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 9:17) closes the rainbow passage with a final seal. Noah is told face to face: This is the sign of the covenant that I have c

Sefer HaZichronotThe Darkness That Existed Before CreationSefer HaZichronot turns to The Darkness That Existed Before Creation. So, what do we make of that? Is it simply an absence of light, like the "unformed and void

Book of JubileesThe WatchersIt involves Watchers, forbidden knowledge, and a whole lot of trouble. This isn't just a story of two rogue angels, Shemhazai and Azazel. According to some acco

ApocryphaThe Giants Of Old(Genesis 6:4) mentions the Nefilim. That word, Nefilim, generally understood to mean “giants.” But who were they, really? And where did they come from? The Tora

An Everlasting Covenant Sealed in the Clouds

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