Parshat Shoftim

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Laws of judges and officers, the king, the Levitical priests, true and false prophets, cities of refuge, and warfare. Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9.

Translating the Torah and Dreams

Apocrypha Letter of Aristeas 1:215

You're soaring through the air, or sailing on a vast ocean, only to snap awake and realize it was all in your head. The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating text from the Hellenistic ...

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Ptolemy and the Rabbis

Apocrypha Letter of Aristeas 1:219

The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating text purportedly written in the 2nd century BCE, gives us some food for thought on just that. The text recounts the story of how the Septuagin...

Prophecy

Greek and Hebrew

Apocrypha Letter of Aristeas 1:224

You might be surprised. It wasn't always about conquering new lands and building bigger empires. Sometimes, it was about something surprisingly… human. The Letter of Aristeas, a fa...

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Letter from Alexandria

Apocrypha Letter of Aristeas 1:226

It’s a question that's haunted leaders for millennia, and, wouldn't you know it, the answer might be older than you think. The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating document from the H...

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Ptolemy and the Rabbis of Piety

Apocrypha Letter of Aristeas 1:230

The Letter of Aristeas, an ancient text purporting to be a firsthand account of the translation of the Torah into Greek, gives us some fascinating insights. It’s not just about pow...

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Ptolemy and the Rabbis

Apocrypha Letter of Aristeas 1:245

The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating Hellenistic Jewish text, gives us a glimpse into that very question, posing it directly to the court of a king. The scene is set: A king, hung...

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Letter from Alexandria

Apocrypha Letter of Aristeas 1:251

It might surprise you. In the Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating text that purports to describe the creation of the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible), we find l...

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Translating the Torah

Apocrypha Letter of Aristeas 1:257

The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating text purportedly written in the 2nd century BCE, gives us a glimpse into such a pursuit. Imagine yourself in the court of a king, surrounded b...

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Letter from Alexandria and Virtue

Apocrypha Letter of Aristeas 1:272

He poses a deceptively simple question: "What is it that keeps a kingdom safe?" The answer? It's not about brute force, but something far more nuanced. It's about "Care and foretho...

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