Dr. Shira Golani is Academic Lead of Biblical Studies and Jewish Culture at Gordon Academic College (Haifa), teaches at Bar Ilan University (Ramat Gan), and is a researcher at the Hebrew University Bible Project (Jerusalem). Her Ph.D. is from the Hebrew University. Among her articles are “Swords that are Ploughshares: Another Case of (Bilingual) Wordplay in Biblical Prophecy?,” Biblica 98.3 (2017): 425-434, and “Characterizing Kings and Kingship Through the Lists of Enemies of Saul, David, and Jehoiakim,” in: Explorations in the Interpretation of Samuel: Intertextuality and Reception (SBR 26), ed. Rachelle Gilmour and Benjamin J.M. Johnson (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025), 99–109.
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September 22, 2026
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The Torah frames two different poetic descriptions of the tribes as the deathbed blessings of Jacob and Moses, pivotal points in Israel's history. Nevertheless, these poems express varying perspectives on the relative importance of the tribes and were once likely independent collections.
The Torah frames two different poetic descriptions of the tribes as the deathbed blessings of Jacob and Moses, pivotal points in Israel's history. Nevertheless, these poems express varying perspectives on the relative importance of the tribes and were once likely independent collections.
In the list of people who must not work on Shabbat, the גֵּר “sojourner” or “(resident) alien” appears last, even after the Israelite’s work animals. Is the sojourner’s standing in the Bible lower than livestock?
In the list of people who must not work on Shabbat, the גֵּר “sojourner” or “(resident) alien” appears last, even after the Israelite’s work animals. Is the sojourner’s standing in the Bible lower than livestock?
King David conducts a census, which brings about a divine plague killing 70,000 people. During the first wilderness census, Exodus requires the Israelites to pay a half shekel to avoid a plague. What’s so dangerous about a census?
King David conducts a census, which brings about a divine plague killing 70,000 people. During the first wilderness census, Exodus requires the Israelites to pay a half shekel to avoid a plague. What’s so dangerous about a census?
