The Essays
Shared Roots
The Church's Best Arguments are Jewish
A debt the church forgot.
The Study
Image of Self
Numbers 13:1-15:41 & Acts 19-21
The Study
Graves of Craving
"The greater thou art, the more humble thyself, and thou shalt find favour before the Lord." — Sirach 3:18 Numbers (Bemidbar, "In the Wilderness"
Hava
Holiness Without Shame
A boundary between sanctity and sin that both traditions later blurred.
Shared Roots
We Will Do, and Then We Will Hear
What the Written Torah Does Not Say
The Study
Named and Not Forgotten
"The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." — Numbers 6:26 Numbers (Bemidbar, "In the Wilderness"): 4:21–7:89
The Study
A People Counted
Numbers 1:1–4:20 · Romans 5–8 "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps." Proverbs 16:9 Numbers
Shared Roots
Justice, Mercy & Humility
Micah 6:8 and the terms it sets for how we meet one another
Shared Roots
Beyond "Blood Payment"
Jewish sacrifice and Christian penal theology.