Category Tanakh

Tanakh

Jewish Literacy – Biblical Era: Creation (Part 1)

“‘In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth’ (1:1). The first and most important fact established in the Bible’s opening chapter, indeed in its opening sentence, is that God, and God alone, created the world. This assertion represents…

Jen (Rachel-Esther)
November 8, 2015

Karaite Judaism, Tanakh

What is Sheol?

So the king said to her, “Have no fear. What did you see?” The woman said to Shaul, “I see an angel rising from the earth.” He said to her, “What does he look like?” She said, “An old man…

Jen (Rachel-Esther)
February 2, 2014