by Prof. Mordochai ben-Tziyyon, Universitah Ha’ivrit, Y’rushalayim Scriptural references in this article refer to the Hebrew Scriptures or T’nach and use the Hebrew names of the books. Almost all of the references cited are in the five books of Torah, which are conventionally named by their opening words, i.e. בְּרֵאשִׁית B’réshit, שְׁמוֹת Sh’mot, וַיִּקְרָא Vayikra, בְּמִדְבָּר B’midbar, דְּבָרִים D’varim – readers who are not […]