Daily Archives: November 12, 2009

Great Is Peace…Even When Israel Worships Idols?

For my Fishbane reading (Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking), a rabbinic passage caught my eye. It’s Sif/Num Naso’ (H, 46), and it reads as follows (in the English translation that Fishbane uses): R. Eleazar son of R. Eleazar ha-Qappar says: … Continue reading

Posted in Bible, Politics, Rabbinics, Religion | Comments Off on Great Is Peace…Even When Israel Worships Idols?