Daily Archives: May 10, 2011

Laws for the Ger

In this post, I’ll talk a little about Jacob Milgrom’s “Excursus 34: The ‘Ger’” in his Jewish Publication Society commentary on Numbers. The ger was a Gentile resident alien in the land of Israel.  In discussing where they came from, … Continue reading

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Concluding Weinfeld’s Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School

For my write-up today of Moshe Weinfeld’s Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School, I’ll write something about each chapter that I read today. In “The Concept of God and the Divine Abode”, Weinfeld states that Deuteronomy 4:26 presents the commandments being … Continue reading

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