In this episode: Ecclesiastes 8-12.  We conclude the scroll of Ecclesiastes with some thoughts about who decides who’s in and who’s out.

And ICYMI, you can read Professor Shenan's piece (Hebrew) at 929 here.

In this episode: Ecclesiastes 4-7.  We continue in the scroll of Ecclesiastes with some thoughts about what it really means to stake the middle ground.

In this episode: Ecclesiastes 1-3. We begin the scroll of Ecclesiastes with some thoughts about the absurdity of human goals.

In this episode: Lamentations 4-5.  We conclude the scroll of Lamentations with some thoughts about seeing the same, but concluding differently.

In this episode: Lamentations 1-3.  We begin the scroll of Lamentations with some thoughts about submission and the politics of illusion.

In this episode: Ruth 1-4. We begin and conclude the scroll of Ruth with some thoughts about intermarriage. 🙀

In this episode: Song of Songs 4-8.  We conclude the scroll of Song of Songs with some thoughts about medieval memes.

Here are links to the images discussed in this episode:

Ecclesia and Synagoga - the original sculptures from the facade of the Strasbourg Cathedral, currently in the Louvre

The 21st century version of Ecclesia and Synagoga by way of the distracted boyfriend meme

The illumination from the Levy Mahzor of Song of Songs 4:8, flipping the medieval meme on its head

In this episode: Song of Songs 1-3.  We begin the scroll of Song of Songs with some thoughts about the man who made all the love, attraction and desire possible.

In this episode: Job 40-42.  We conclude the Book of Job with some thoughts about not-so-happy ends.

In this episode: Job 36-39. We continue in the Book of Job with some thoughts about speaking to the whirlwind.