Is the Piece Really a Mezuzah

Is the Piece Really a Mezuzah

Or, Perhaps Something Else? The /mezuzah/, traditionally affixed to the doorposts of the house by most Jews, contains two passages from the book of Deuteronomy — 6:4-9 and 11:18-20 — enjoining the faithful to write the words of God “on the doorframes of your house and...
The Silver Amulets -The Name of God

The Silver Amulets -The Name of God

We learn from these two amulets that people—at least some people—chose to refer to God by the more intimate term YHWH (יהוה).  These four letters are unpronounceable and untranslatable. This anomaly stems from the fact that biblical Hebrew is written with only...
The Book of Job – Part I

The Book of Job – Part I

Targum of Job (11Q10) The book of Job is by far the most difficult book in the Bible. The Hebrew in which it is written is as difficult and complex as the Hebrew of Genesis is easy and straightforward. This is because Job is a late book; most scholars put its...

Enoch, Hero of Jewish Literature – Part III

Enoch Fragment  (4 Q201-821) A fragment of the book of Enoch was found in Cave 4, the library of the Essene community of Qumran. This piece has been exactly reproduced and is offered here by Biblical Reproductions. Enoch was the son of Cain (Genesis 5:21-24) who did...