Word: judaicize
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...Early descriptions of the Essenes by Greek and Roman historians has them numbering in the thousands, living communally ("The first kibbutz," jokes Elior) and forsaking sex - which goes against the Judaic exhortation to "go forth and multiply." Says Elior: "It doesn't make sense that you have thousands of people living against the Jewish law and there's no mention of them in any of the Jewish texts and sources of that period." (Read "Is This Jesus's Tomb...
...Easter story. But, as often happens in such cases, they seem better disposed to a slightly toned-down assertion: in this case, that the Gabriel tablet does indicate a very rare instance of the idea that a messiah might suffer - a notion introduced in Judaic thought centuries before by the prophet Isaiah but which supposedly went out of style by Jesus' time. If that more modest theory gains traction, it will forge a link between a trend in first-century Judaism and one of Christianity's galvanizing thoughts - that God might throw in his lot with a suffering or even...
...when she watches her son drive away on his bike after he turns down her offer for a ride. Her performance is the lens through which viewers can connect to the family’s struggle. Ultimately, the movie’s major flaw is its overly complex Judaic discourse. Saul’s long lectures transport you home to Harvard with hinged chalkboards and wildly gesturing professors. And without the threat of a final exam looming over our heads, there’s nothing to force a student audience to pay attention to the new words and foreign concepts...
...Look out for the menorah-topped Wurlitzer in the opening seconds; there’s no better symbol of the Silver Jews ethos than this whimsical union of Judaic iconography and vintage Americana...
...writer is a professor of history and Judaic Studies at the University of Oklahoma...