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The Verdant and the Unseen: A Study of Flora and its Fungal Cognate in the Tanach
Introduction: The Two Kingdoms of the Biblical Landscape The natural world as depicted in the Tanach is not...
An Analysis of ‘The Josephic Messiah, Leviathan, Metatron and the Sacred Serpent’: Using the late Joel David Bakst’s Exposition of the Gaon of Vilna’s Messianic Doctrine
Part I: Introduction – The Author, The Gaon, and the Doctrine of Proactive Redemption The landscape of Jewish...
The Hubris of the Convert: A Lacanian Critique of Jewish Conversion and the Precarity of Klal Yisrael
Introduction: A Complaint Addressed to the Divine Other The desire to convert to Judaism, or gerut, is conventionally...
The King’s Desire, The Monster’s Flesh: A Psychoanalytic Midrash on Sovereignty and the Meshiach
Introduction: Primordial Monsters and the Messianic Feast In the foundational narratives of Jewish tradition, the world is bounded...
The Standing Woman: A Psycho-historical Analysis of Nitzevet bat Adael in the Yalkut Ha-Makhiri
Summary This report presents a psycho-historical analysis of Nitzevet bat Adael, the mother of King David, as her...
The Fortress and the Mirror: A Lacanian Reading of the Brisker Symbolic, from Halakhic Man to the Postmodern Subject
Introduction An Audio Deep Dive by Google NotebookLM An Audio Debate on the Subject by Google NotebookLM The...
The Specular Jew: Imaginary Traps, Symbolic Defenses, and the Psychoanalysis of Modern Jewish Identity
Symbolic Weakening Abstract: This paper applies a synthesis of Lacanian and Jungian psychoanalytic theory to the historical and...
Saturn’s Jews: An Examination of Moshe Idel’s Exploration of Saturn, Mysticism, and Jewish Identity
1. Introduction Moshe Idel stands as a towering figure in the contemporary study of Jewish mysticism, known for...
A Lacanian Analysis of the Sinai Event
Brief: A Lacanian Analysis of the Sinai Event This brief post offers a psychoanalytic interpretation of the biblical...
Conversion to Judaism: an act of hubris or a sincere desire to come closer to Hashem shouldering the burden of His covenant.
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The Interface Jew /Gentile : Basic Assumptions and Stumbling Blocks & Solutions
Teaching Torah to Western Audiences Introduction This document summarises key themes and important insights from the provided source,...
Entangled Paths: Jewish Thought, Kabbalah, and the Development of Science – A Multifaceted Analysis
1. Introduction The relationship between Jewish intellectual and mystical traditions, particularly Kabbalah, and the development of Western science...
Original Sin, Guilt, and the Psyche: A Theological, Comparative, and Psychoanalytic Inquiry
I. Introduction: The Enduring Shadow of Original Sin The doctrine of Original Sin stands as a cornerstone of...
Metatron: Trajectories of an Angelic Figure from Jewish Mysticism to Comparative Religious Inquiry
GoogleNotebook LM Plus – A Deep Dive audio overview I. Introduction: The Enigmatic Eminence of Metatron Within the...
Beyond the Sabbath River: An Exploration of the Mythical Sambation (סמבטיון) in Jewish Tradition
A Deep Dive from Google LM Plus [Tailored audio summary of the Paper that follows] I. Introduction: The...
Unfolding Paradox: Tzimtzum, Echad, and the Kabbalistic Conception of Creation
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The Yerushalmi (Jerusalem Talmud) and the Bavli (Babylonian Talmud) are the two compilations of Talmud that developed in the two major Jewish centres during the rabbinic era.
The Yerushalmi (Jerusalem Talmud) and the Bavli (Babylonian Talmud) are the two compilations of Talmud that developed in...
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An In-Depth Character Analysis of Yitro [Based on Sotah 11a] with Comparative Figures: A Reflective Lens on Outsiders’ Wisdom
DALL-E 3 Yitro: Outsider Turned Pivotal Figure Curated by rachav_foundation The Talmud in Bavli Sotah 11a offers a...
Quantum Consciousness, Fermi and the Consciousness of Judaism.
Quantum Consciousness, Fermi and the Consciousness of Judaism. Curated by rachav_foundation The Fermi paradox, which questions the apparent...
Amalek – Israel’s Shadow
Amalek, a figure deeply embedded in Jewish tradition, represents more than just a historical enemy of Israel. As...
The Kidnapping of the Torah: A Scholarly Examination of Interpretation, Wealth, and Usury
Judaic Scholar AI based on ideas and Notes by Peter Dixon Thou shalt not steal – Exodus 20:15...
How Long is Now? – introduction to metaphysics—about the nature of time, reality, causality, personal identity, and the human struggle against entropy – A Jewish Perspective & Commentary
The questions raised in this introduction to metaphysics—about the nature of time, reality, causality, personal identity, and the...
Quantum Paradoxes and Theology
Quantum Paradoxes and Theology Curated by rachav_foundation The paradoxes of quantum mechanics and the principles of Echad theology...
Enantiodromia of Love and Hate
Enantiodromia of Love and Hate – Jung and Heraclitus how Antisemitism Operates The concept of enantiodromia, rooted in...
An Excursus: The Bull Cults of Egypt and the Red Heifer
Curated by rachav_foundation The Mnevis bull, a sacred deity in ancient Egyptian religion, was worshipped as the living...
Character Analysis: Sarah (שָׂרָה)
Created with Judaic Scholar AI Character Selection: Sarah Biography Sarah, originally named Sarai, is a central figure in...
Character Analysis: Jacob (יעקב) Yaakov
Character Analysis: Jacob (Yaakov) Character Selection Jacob (Yaakov), the third patriarch of the Jewish people, is a central...
Character Analysis: Leah (לֵאָה)
Created with Judaic Scholar AI Character Selection Leah, one of the matriarchs of the Jewish people, is a...
Analysis of Rebecca (רִבְקָה) Rivkah Created with Judaic Scholar AI
Character Selection Rebecca (Rivkah), one of the matriarchs of the Jewish people, is a central figure in the...
PROTOTYPE: Judaic Scholar Auto Tanach Commentary
Bereshit 10: 1-20 – This is for Demonstration only – still in development Data Provided by Judaic Scholar...
Kiddush Hashem and Amalek
Curated by rachav_foundation The intertwining concepts of Kiddush Hashem, the Akedah, and Amalek in Jewish tradition form a...
Nicholas of Cusa: Influences and Origins
Nicholas of Cusa: Influences and Origins Curated by rachav_foundation Nicholas of Cusa, a 15th-century German theologian and philosopher,...
Biblical Twins and Legitimacy
Curated by rachav_foundation The biblical narratives of Cain and Abel, and Jacob and Esau, offer profound insights into...
Israelites, Amalek, and Jung’s Shadow
Israelites, Amalek, and Jung’s Shadow Curated by rachav_foundation The Israelites’ protection from Amalek’s attacks in the desert, symbolized...
The Talmudic Concept of Machshava מַחְשָׁבָה
Machshava, a central concept in Jewish philosophy, encompasses deep contemplation on the nature of existence and the universe,...
Mashiach ben Yosef in Judaism
The concept of Mashiach ben Yosef, a messianic figure in Jewish tradition, plays a crucial role in the...
Fuzzy Logic and Jewish Theology
The concept of Echad (Oneness) in Jewish mysticism finds intriguing parallels with quantum physics, offering a unique perspective...
Hellenism’s Influence on Abrahamic Religions
Hellenism’s Influence on Abrahamic Religions Curated by rachav_foundation The encounter between Hellenistic culture and Judaism, and subsequently Christianity,...
The Ten Utterances in Jewish thought and how Christianity thinks about them
Curated by rachav_foundation The Ten Utterances, known in Hebrew as Aseret HaDibrot, play a central role in both...