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How the Bible became holy

How the Bible became holy

FromTel Aviv Review


How the Bible became holy

FromTel Aviv Review

ratings:
Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Jan 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 1948, Palestine saw Jewish refugees too
Dr. Nurit Cohen Levinovsky, a historian and author of Jewish Refugees During the War of Independence, tells the story of the tens of thousands of Israeli Jews who became refugees during the War of Independence.
 
How the Bible became holy
Michael Satlow, a religious and Judaic studies professor at Brown University (US) and author of How the Bible Became Holy, sheds some light on the selection and canonization processes over the centuries that brought the Bible to the special status it holds today.
 
Music:
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna KnowMuse - InvincibleDavid Bowie - China Girl
Released:
Jan 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Showcasing the latest developments in the realm of academic and professional research and literature, about the Middle East and global affairs. We discuss Israeli, Arab and Palestinian society, the Jewish world, the Middle East and its conflicts, and issues of global and public affairs with scholars, writers and deep-thinkers.