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A PRELUDE AND EIGHT MUSICAL MOMENTS FOR THE PRIESTLY BLESSING

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Dr. Seth Ward

A PRELUDE AND EIGHT MUSICAL MOMENTS FOR THE PRIESTLY BLESSING Seth Ward University of Wyoming and Colorado Hebrew Chorale For Parashat Naso, 5780 (2020) The Priestly Blessing (“May the LORD bless thee and keep thee…”) is part of this week’s … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the parasha: Noah as a Tzaddik

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Thoughts on the parasha: Noah as a Tzaddik A popular theme for Divrei Torah on Parashat Noach is the question of interpreting the reference to Noah as “righteous in his generations.” Most often, this topic turns on comparisons of Abraham and N… Continue reading →

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Very Brief Review of The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, by Yoram Hazony.

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Very Brief Review of The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, by Yoram Hazony. Earlier I posted a review of Hazony’s treatment of the political philosophy of the Bible. Here is a very brief overview of the book, based on a review I recently submitted f… Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Political Philosophy based on a review of Yoram Hazony’s The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture.

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

This essay started as a Dvar Torah for October 3, 2012—the night of the first Presidential Debate between Mitt Romney and Barak Obama, and has only been lightly edited. My talk this evening has little to do with the Torah readings for Sukkot or fo… Continue reading →

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