The Flood

Hardly was the work of creation completed when God decided to destroy what he had made. “The earth became corrupt…

Oath of Blood

Imagine getting the worst news possible, learning it isn’t true, and then realizing it is after all — in the…

God as protagonist

In his rather radical survey of Jewish literature from antiquity to the last century, Adam Kirsch highlights the importance of…

Unnecessary Angels

The Škand Gumānīg Wizār (ŠGW) contains Middle Persian Zoroastrian literature’s most extensive polemic against Judaism. This article explores the ŠGW’s…