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“He who saves a single soul, saves the world entire.” The Parallel texts, Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5 and Qur’an, 5:32, and the difficulty of dialogue.

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Dr. Seth Ward

“He who saves a single soul, saves the world entire.” The Parallel texts, Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5 and Qur’an, 5:32, and the difficulty of dialogue. Seth Ward University of Wyoming This is a paper given in various formats over the years, … Continue reading →

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NEWSLETTER FOR VAYIKRA MARCH 28 2020

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Dr. Seth Ward

Newsletters and much more blogged at https://drsethward.wordpress.com  PDF version of this newsletter: newsletter March 28 2020.vayikra.pdf THIS WEEK’S TORAH READING starts the book of Leviticus. Growing up, one of the books I encountered was an edition of Scriptures that omitted … Continue reading →

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Shalom, shalom, shalom, shalom: Magic and the protection of women and children

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Dr. Seth Ward

    Shalom, shalom, shalom, shalom: Magic and the protection of women and children The Magic Incantation Bowl of The Mizel Museum of Judaica (Denver, Colorado USA)[1]   Seth Ward —I wrote this in 2002. Looking through my records, it … Continue reading →

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Talk About Nittel Nacht at East Denver Orthodox Synagogue, Denver, Dec. 24 2012.

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Perhaps this talk should have been from a text, rather than extemporaneous. “Nittel-nacht” is a name found in many Jewish sources for “Christmas Eve.” Some Jewish communities had the tradition of not studying Torah at this time. The most c… Continue reading →

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Religion and the US Elections: The Jewish and Muslim Vote. (And a brief note on the Mormon Vote).

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

Four years ago, I gave a talk about Muslims and Jews, and the ramifications of their voting patterns for Democrats and Republicans. I spoke at what was, I believe, the ill-fated but valuable entity already called CCCE (and once called Community Ed… Continue reading →

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On Prothero’s Belief Blog regarding Blind Certainty, Islamist and American Christian anti-Muslim rhetoric

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

I wrote the bulk of this shortly after Prothero’s blogpost http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/13/my-take-a-deadly-link-between-islamic-and-anti-islamic-extremists/ appeared back in September. A student sent me a query about it and I responded. … Continue reading →

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Prothero’s take on Purim

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Dr. Seth Ward

A student wrote me: “I’m curious to hear your take on thishttp://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/08/my-take-does-netanyahus-bible-gift-to-obama-mean-war/ “ This is a blog posting by Stephen Prothero in which he suggests, in essense, that a gift Net… Continue reading →

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