General Religion (mostly Judaism) Stuff

Judaism FAQs about everything by an avid and outspoken reader

Some more thought-provoking material (my organization has become more difficult for some logistical reasons.. i apologize).

"a little philosophy inclineth men to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth man's mind about to God." -Bacon

About the Bible

Learn about modern (Conservative) views of Torah here.  Evil, Conversion, Mishnah, Mitzvot, Sacrifice, Prophecy, Text, Hand-washing.

History by a Humanist scholar

Dr. Jeffery Tigay has many interesting articles, some online: Creationism, Bible Codes, the Calendar, and ancient Archeology

Legends of the Jews--  Louis Ginzberg's is the best around. 

Who wrote the Bible?  Here's some answers.

Biblical Text

Get back to the basics with the bible on your Palm PDA or computer.


With a Hebrew font you can have access to everything from Bible to Talmud at Snunit online or Mechon-Mamre on your computer.


What's up with the Bible text?  Which is the right one? Aleppo?  Leningrad?  King James?

Documentary Hypothesis, Friedman

Jewish Law and Practice

Some Conservative Responsa (answers to law-related questions) here.

Though I'm more Secular Humanistic in philosophy

Some Jewish essays and quotes 

Dr. Robert Kraft has many interesting online articles.  

My Thoughts

Basic Principles

Brief Biblical History
Partial Rabbinic History
Religious History

My Reality Musings and pop-Bible quotes

My Weekly Torah Writings and archives

Political Views

 A great speech on the current political situation in Israel. Is the whole world right, as Koffi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, put it "Is it possible," he asked, "that Israel is right and the whole world is wrong?" Are the Palestinians and their supporters justified in calling Israel a mass-murdering Nazi-like terrorist state? This speaker disagrees and marshals the sad facts to his side.

Also see Thomas Friedman on how we must see suicide bombing attacks.

What happened in Jenin?  Here's a sympathetic Israeli view and the image Palestinians portray in their own media (not the massacre we are bombarded with here in reports and images).

A comedian's insightful view on the "Mideast Conflict".

See a view of the Biblical Exodus if Pharaoh had Palestinian PR

Some under publicized news.

Religious Coercion in Israel must be stopped! 2

Terrorist policy, Israel vs. US          

Muslim claim on Jerusalem

Some Resources

Rambi free Jewish Search Engine
Quran in English  
On-Line Texts Related to Biblical Study
BDB Lexicon 
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook Israel

The Catholic Encyclopedia
Daf Yomi Online Forum
JTS Parashah Archive
Pseudepigrapha
Good early Christian stuff

More unfiled resources

Music from Ur- ninkasi's dance
Humanist-WTC respone
PilotYid
Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Translations of Arabic Media 
Jewish History Source Book

Biblical Studies
Hebrew Articles
Bible Resources
Temple
Documentary Hypothesis
Torah Codes Don't Jump to Conclusions
Bible RSV everything
From Written to Printed Text
Pseudo-Jonathan
MT, LXX, Qumran compared
Greek Lexicon
Greek Literature
Song Archive Archive Index
Philo of Alexandria
iTanakh Languages
NTCS - Targumic Texts
Frum Men and Women Laws
Frum Judaism Resource
Halacha Yomi Archives - torah.org
Religious and Sacred Texts
Qumran
Mt. Sinai--In Arabia
Jewish Personalities
Yakar Web Site
Akkadian
Sennacherib's Hexagonal Prism
Sennacherib Prism
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College  
Write Like a Babylonian  
MEMRI Middle East Media Research Institute
Great Texts
The Koran
Albert Einstein Religion and Science  
Mark Twain and God

Ancient Middle East  
The Terror Intifada The Current Wave of Palestinian Violence - FAQ


Unanswered questions are far less dangerous than unquestioned answers.

... But as records of courts and justice are admissible, it can easily be proved that powerful and malevolent magicians once existed and were a scourge to mankind.  The evidence (including confession) upon which certain women were convicted of witchcraft and executed was without a flaw; it is still unimpeachable.  The judges' decisions based on it were sound in logic and in law.  Nothing in any existing court was ever more thoroughly proved than the charges of witchcraft and sorcery for which so many suffered death.  If there were no witches, human testimony and human reason are alike destitute of value.                 -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

 

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