Articles by Baruch Levine
Baruch Levine is the Skirball Professor Emeritus of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at New York University. An ordained rabbi, Dr. Levine spent most of his prolific career in the classroom, contributing his scholarship on the Torah to rabbis, clergy and scholars.
by Baruch A. Levine
The author relates today’s concept of endurance to how it was demonstrated in the Hebrew Bible. For example, he uses Deut 4:3–4 to show how the Israelites who remained loyal to the Covenant with YHWH were not seduced by Baal-Peor, the Moabite deity. There are many interesting examples of how the Old Testament Israelites demonstrated faithful endurance.
by Baruch A. Levine
The meaning of Ḥesed has been studied by Sages and scholars since antiquity. It operates on two planes: human-to-human, and human-to-divine, where Ḥesed is an attribute of God. The Hebrew noun Ḥesed has no known etymology; we learn its meaning entirely from context and usage.
By Baruch Levine
Scholars have achieved a common discourse that enables them to study the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament together, despite confessional differences. This article explores how this is possible and what benefits may evolve.
