Word: hebrews
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...reappearance in the New Testament. I was able to share my take on the origins of the law, since it’s a reminder of when Abraham, the founder of Judaism, gave up his occupation as a maker of idols and swore to worship the one Hebrew Lord. The guys in the group explained to me the context of Christian interpretation of the law. But I felt most at home when we started discussing how these passages were applicable to our daily lives. As an intense literature-nerd, this kind of analysis was very familiar. When I was reading...
...immigrants, poets, nihilists, students and most recently the inevitable yuppies. The funkiest part, between Rue Sherbrooke and Rue des Pins, is filled with a pungent mix of great restaurants, cafes, food stores, nightclubs and local-designer clothing shops. Continue north past Rue des Pins to Schwartz's Montreal Hebrew Delicatessen, the best place in the Milky Way to sample smoked meat sandwiches (a delicious slice of the pastrami-corned beef food group). Even heartier walkers can head west to the giant Parc du Mont-Royal, where there are miles of peaceful trails in this bucolic retreat, designed by Central Park...
...missed the heavy dose of Jewish culture Siegel and Shuster instilled in their character: baby Superman's passage through space in a cradle-like vessel and subsequent adoption "is the story of Moses," he says, adding that El of Superman's given name Kal-El is a Hebrew word for God. But with a Methodist upbringing and extra-terrestrial origins, Superman, says Pasamonik, is best described simply as a "non-Aryan" hero...
...personal inclinations. “Sometimes it’s a case where somebody else comes to you and says, ‘Who are you?’—and you don’t know how to answer,” explains Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages Peter B. Machinist. “In other cases it’s a strong family sense, particularly if your family originated from another country and speaks another language...
...based interest in a certain department precludes meaningful study of that field. “For the majority of heritage students, is the concentration really so close to their background?” she says. “For example, there are very few Jewish families in America speaking Hebrew and Yiddish at home today—so I don’t think that Jewish students focusing on Jewish Studies are repeating things that they learned at home...