(Continuation of my post two weeks ago.) It's a challenge--to make Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz's Bible, Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz's God, intelligible and even relevant to a secular world where God as an active force is hardly detectable. Where "nobody ever reads the Bible"--as a speaker in a … [Read more...]
Journal of an Eibeschuetz Translator – The Kabbalist and the Genocide (Part 2)
Once upon a time, according to the Jewish mystics known as Kabbalists, there existed a system of worlds--shall we call it a universe?--very much like our own, yet not the one we know today. One day--but back then there were no "days," no time as we know it, because sun and moon and everything … [Read more...]
Journal of an Eibeschuetz Translator – The Kabbalist and the Genocide (Part 1)
"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people" (Numbers 31:1-2). I don't want to write this blog post. I think I'm probably going to hate it once it's written. But at a panel at a science-fiction … [Read more...]
“I Came This Day … ” – Journal of an Eibeschuetz Translator
Once upon a time, I've learned from reading the comic strips, schoolkids coming back from summer vacation were made to write essays on "What I Did Last Summer." (Linus to Lucy: "What did I do last summer?" Lucy to Linus: "You read comic books and watched TV.") I was in elementary school back … [Read more...]
Sex, the Moravians, and Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz
"I am, as you will quickly discover if you don't know already, a raw newcomer to your field of expertise. I'm here because I believe I can shed some observations from my own field, Jewish mysticism and messianism, that may shed light on dark places in yours. I hope for your expert judgment as to … [Read more...]
