My Jewish Oriented Posts and Papers

All papers and posts here are copyright Gretchen. S. You may use small quotes or paraphrases from the papers in your own research, with proper citation only.

Papers I Wrote at the Seigal College

• An Analysis of Numbers 12
  
• Miriam's Rebellion and the Uniqueness of Moses
  
• Thou Shall Not Bear a Grudge
  
• Israel as the children of G-d in Isaiah 1-6
  
• Herod "the Great"
  
• A Comparison of the Book of Daniel to the Book of Esther
  
• When Men Strive: an Analysis of Shemot 21:21-22 and Related Issues Best viewed with a Hebrew Web Font
  
• "Then Came Amalek": An Analysis of Amalek in the Torah in Light of the Commentaries and the Zohar
  
• The Sheva Mitzvot B'nai Noach: An Introduction
  
• Sotah
  
• Lech L'Cha
  
• Orthodox women: their role in society and marriage
  
• Esther Chapter 6: a translation (requires a Hebrew font in your system)
  
• A Critical Review of C.S. Lewis' Reflection on the Psalms
  
• Psalm 63 - a presentation
  
• Psalm 94 - a presentation
  
• Psalm 83: the Nations, G-d, and Israel
  
• Psalm 152: a Psalm of Alyza (poem written in the style of a psalm)
  
• A Critical Review of Abraham Joshua Heschel's "The Prophets: An Introduction"
  
• Isaiah 17-18: A presentation Please note, some of this was interactive, and the pdf does not reflect the in-class discussion.
  
• Isaiah: Rebellion and Promise (revised edition) Please note this report was based, in part, on the report "Israel as the children of G-d inn Isaiah 1-6, which was not for credit. This one was turned in for credit.
  

Torah and Tanach

See also the papers I wrote at the College

• A Jewish View of the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 52-53
  
• The Eternality of the Covenant with the Jewish People
  
• On the Oral Torah
  
• The Pharisees and their Wisdom (2nd edition -- written originally for TalkCity's Religious Forum discussion board)
  
• Septuagent, DSS, and Torah
  

Archeology, History and the Tanach

• The Exodus from Egypt in Archeology: 2nd edition (written for a friend originally, but edited for here)
  
• The Rivers of Eden? (written for both B'nai Noach and Bnai Avraham lists)
  
• Septuagent, DSS, and Torah
  
• Herod "the Great"
  

Jewish Views of the Afterlife

• The Jewish view of Gehenna (written originally for TalkCity's Religious Forum discussion board)
  

Misc

• Excavations and the Al Aqsa Mosque (written for the Bnai Avraham list)
  
• A Jewish view of "satan" (written for the B'nai Noach list)
  
• The 13 Principles of Faith
  
• Free Will, Evil, and Hitler (orignally written for Bnai-Avraham list)
  
• Shachita: Kosher Slaugher (written originally for TalkCity's Religious Forum discussion board)
  
• Renewing His Creation
  

Posts and Papers on the Noachide Laws

• The Noachide Laws (written originally for TalkCity's Religious Forum discussion board)
  
• The Sheva Mitzvot B'nai Noach: An Introduction
  
• Noachides and Prayer (written for the Bnai-Noach list)
  
• The Role of a Noachide vs. the role of a Jew (written for the Bnai-Noach list)
  

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