Bible Criticism
Kuzari Principle: The Mass Revelation Argument Deconstructed
Sacrificial Worship Outside Jerusalem? A Scriptural Analysis
Was Torah Influenced by Surrounding Cultures?
What is the Center of the Universe?
Where Man Meets the Divine: The Partially Divinely-Inspired Model of Torah
The Early Prophets on the Sinai Account
Was the Great Flood Only a Local Flood?
Must Torah be Taken Literally?
The Biblical View of Afterlife
Yahu of Who? On the Origins of YHWH
Divine Names and the Documentary Hypothesis
Israelite Conception of God: Monotheism or Monolatry in Torah?
How to Deal with Contradictions in Torah
The Genesis of Genesis: On the Origins of the Book
Is Tanakh a Historically Reliable Document?
Source Theory for the Flood Narrative and the Flood Narrative Source Theory
Genesis on Trial: Were the Patriarchs Real Historical Figures?
210 to 430: How Long Were the Israelites in Egypt For?
Where did Half the World Go: Table of Nations in Genesis 10
How Many Israelites Really Left Egypt?
Exodus on Trial: Were the Israelites Enslaved in Egypt?
Torah and Evolution: Early Genesis as a Metaphor
Torah in Historical Perspective: Answering Many Issues with One Simple Approach
Is the Torah’s Text Accurate?
The Composition of Deuteronomy: When it was Written
Did Moses Really Write the Torah?
The Torah: Divinely-Inspired or Man-Made?
“For it is Your Wisdom”: How Revolutionary was Torah
On the Origins of the Israelites and Their Religion
The Oral Law
Was Matrilineality Always the Factor in Determining Jewishness? A Historical Study
The Proper Approach to Midrash and Aggadah - Hebrew
The Yeridas Hadoros Myth
On the Origins and Authenticity of Zohar
Did Rashi Come Down with Moses at Sinai?
The Evil Eye, Demons, & Superstitions
Is the Oral Law a Violation of “Adding to the Torah”?
Is Rabbinic Law Binding?
The Origins of the Rashi & Rabeinu Tam dispute on Tefillin
Re-approaching Rabbinic Interpretation
Did the Wild Stories of Midrash Actually Happen?
What’s Up with the Far-Fetched Interpretations?
Rabbinic Enactments
Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture
Laws from Moses at Sinai
Why Weren't the Oral Laws Included in the Written Law?
The Rabbis: Supermen or Fallible Human Beings?
The Scriptural Basis for a Supreme Court
Is the Torah Up for "Free-Interpretation"?
An Alternate View of the Oral Law
An Oral Law at Sinai?
Christianity
Yoma 39—The Red String
Mashiach Ben Dovid and Mashiach Ben Yosef
Jeremiah 17:4—An Everlasting Exile
Hosea 2:25—The New Nation
Deuteronomy 18:15—The Prophet
Leviticus 17:11—The Blood for Atonement 
Isaiah 9:5—The Divine Messiah
Jeremiah 31:30-33—The New Covenant
Zechariah 12:10—The Pierced One
Zechariah 9:9—Riding a Donkey
Micah 5:1—The Birthplace of Messiah
Psalm 22:17—The Crucifixion Psalm
Isaiah 7:14—The Virgin Birth
Daniel 9:26—A Dead Messiah
Isaiah 53—The Suffering Servant
The Story of Jesus’s Failed Prophecy
The Resurrection Myth
Jesus as a False Messiah
Are the Mitzvos Eternal?
Who is God’s Chosen Nation?
What About Christian Miracles?
Introduction
Myth Busting
A Little Story of the non-Jewish Origins of the Chanukah Dreidel
On the Shape of the Menorah: Straight or Round?
Chanukah: A celebration of religious freedom or religious dominance?
The Oil Miracle of Chanukah: Myth or Fact
5781: The Questionable Hebrew Calendar- Kuzari Principle: The Mass Revelation Argument Deconstructed
- Sacrificial Worship Outside Jerusalem? A Scriptural Analysis
- Was Matrilineality Always the Factor in Determining Jewishness? A Historical Study
Is God a Nice Guy?
Did God Create the World Looking Older Than It Actually Is?
Is the World Only 6,000 Years Old? 10 Arguments for Evolution- Was the Great Flood Only a Local Flood?
- The Proper Approach to Midrash and Aggadah - Hebrew
What Did Moses’ Torah Scroll Look Like- The Yeridas Hadoros Myth
- On the Origins and Authenticity of Zohar
- Did Rashi Come Down with Moses at Sinai?
- The Evil Eye, Demons, & Superstitions
- The Origins of the Rashi & Rabeinu Tam dispute on Tefillin
- Did the Wild Stories of Midrash Actually Happen?
- The Rabbis: Supermen or Fallible Human Beings?
- Israelite Conception of God: Monotheism or Monolatry in Torah?
- Genesis on Trial: Were the Patriarchs Real Historical Figures?
- Is the Torah’s Text Accurate?
- The Composition of Deuteronomy: When it was Written
- Did Moses Really Write the Torah?
“It’s Kefirah!” An Orthodox Response to Legitimate Issues- “For it is Your Wisdom”: How Revolutionary was Torah
- On the Origins of the Israelites and Their Religion
The Evolution of Moshiach
Dismantling the Khazar myth of Ashkenazi origins
On the Historicity, Nature, and Morality of the Purim Narrative
God & Morality
What Does God Expect from Those Who Don’t Know of Him?
Death Penalty in the Torah
Why Did the Torah Permit Slavery?
Converts in Judaism
The Jewish Attitude towards Gentiles- Is “Chosen Nation” Racism?
Does Torah Oppose Freedom of Religion- Is God a Nice Guy?
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Where Do Our Morals Come From?
The Ever-Evolving Morals and Biblical Law- Yahu of Who? On the Origins of YHWH
- Divine Names and the Documentary Hypothesis
- Israelite Conception of God: Monotheism or Monolatry in Torah?
God of the Heaven and Earth or God of the Imagination?- Can God Become Man? A Study on Corporealism in Biblical and Rabbinic Literature
Spirituality
- Is God a Nice Guy?
- Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Do We Have Free Will?- The Yeridas Hadoros Myth
- On the Origins and Authenticity of Zohar
- The Evil Eye, Demons, & Superstitions
- The Biblical View of Afterlife
What is Prayer and Does it Actually Work?
Can Logic Prove the Supernatural?
Weighing the Incentives to Serving God- God of the Heaven and Earth or God of the Imagination?
How Can the Infinite God Care About Our Mitzvos?
10 Pros and 10 Cons of Religion and Judaism- Can God Become Man? A Study on Corporealism in Biblical and Rabbinic Literature
Torah & Science
- What is the Center of the Universe?
- Do We Have Free Will?
- Did God Create the World Looking Older Than It Actually Is?
- Is the World Only 6,000 Years Old? 10 Arguments for Evolution
- Was the Great Flood Only a Local Flood?
- What Did Moses’ Torah Scroll Look Like
- Must Torah be Taken Literally?
- The Rabbis: Supermen or Fallible Human Beings?
- Is Tanakh a Historically Reliable Document?
- Source Theory for the Flood Narrative and the Flood Narrative Source Theory
- Genesis on Trial: Were the Patriarchs Real Historical Figures?
- Where did Half the World Go: Table of Nations in Genesis 10
- How Many Israelites Really Left Egypt?
- Exodus on Trial: Were the Israelites Enslaved in Egypt?
- Torah and Evolution: Early Genesis as a Metaphor
Faith & Logic
“But Gedolim Smarter than You Believed!”: The Appeal to Authority- What Does God Expect from Those Who Don’t Know of Him?
- Can Logic Prove the Supernatural?
Is Logic a Mere Fantasy?- Weighing the Incentives to Serving God
- 10 Pros and 10 Cons of Religion and Judaism
Can Judaism be Proven?
A Heretical Rabbi? Bridging Two Worlds
Traditional Judaism and Rationalist Judaism- “It’s Kefirah!” An Orthodox Response to Legitimate Issues
Jewish Holidays
- A Little Story of the non-Jewish Origins of the Chanukah Dreidel
- On the Shape of the Menorah: Straight or Round?
- Chanukah: A celebration of religious freedom or religious dominance?
- The Oil Miracle of Chanukah: Myth or Fact
- 5781: The Questionable Hebrew Calendar
- 210 to 430: How Long Were the Israelites in Egypt For?
- How Many Israelites Really Left Egypt?
- Exodus on Trial: Were the Israelites Enslaved in Egypt?
- On the Historicity, Nature, and Morality of the Purim Narrative
History
- A Little Story of the non-Jewish Origins of the Chanukah Dreidel
- On the Shape of the Menorah: Straight or Round?
- Chanukah: A celebration of religious freedom or religious dominance?
- The Oil Miracle of Chanukah: Myth or Fact
- 5781: The Questionable Hebrew Calendar
- Sacrificial Worship Outside Jerusalem? A Scriptural Analysis
- Was Matrilineality Always the Factor in Determining Jewishness? A Historical Study
- Is the World Only 6,000 Years Old? 10 Arguments for Evolution
- What Did Moses’ Torah Scroll Look Like
- The Yeridas Hadoros Myth
- On the Origins and Authenticity of Zohar
- Yahu of Who? On the Origins of YHWH
- Israelite Conception of God: Monotheism or Monolatry in Torah?
- The Genesis of Genesis: On the Origins of the Book
- Is Tanakh a Historically Reliable Document?
- Source Theory for the Flood Narrative and the Flood Narrative Source Theory
- Genesis on Trial: Were the Patriarchs Real Historical Figures?
- 210 to 430: How Long Were the Israelites in Egypt For?
- Where did Half the World Go: Table of Nations in Genesis 10
- How Many Israelites Really Left Egypt?
- Exodus on Trial: Were the Israelites Enslaved in Egypt?
- Torah and Evolution: Early Genesis as a Metaphor
- The Composition of Deuteronomy: When it was Written
- “For it is Your Wisdom”: How Revolutionary was Torah
- On the Origins of the Israelites and Their Religion
- Dismantling the Khazar myth of Ashkenazi origins
- On the Historicity, Nature, and Morality of the Purim Narrative
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