I somehow forgot to post a link to this article when it went live in September. Well, there may be a bit of a reason for that even aside from an unusually busy semester in which I needed to take over and finish two additional classes in early November for a fellow faculty member who was unable to finish the semester. The process of publication can sometimes take a good bit longer on the back end than it may appear on the front end.
In this case, I first submitted this piece in January, so it was easy to have moved well beyond it by the time it published in September—they’ve always got so much good stuff in the pipeline over at Torah.com that it can take a good while for things to hit.
In any case, this article is a reasonably accessible and short summary of much of the basic thesis of the first half of my thesis in The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism (2021), and I’m grateful to the editors over at TheTorah.com for helping streamline it for this audience.
I’m still overdue on a book chapter and otherwise trying to get back on my feet after the semester and the AAR/SBL/IBR conference from November, but I’ll have more in this space soon enough. There’s even reason to hope that I’ll be able to get to a fairly regular posting schedule in 2026. Hey, we can all dream, right?
A blessed Advent to all who celebrate, and a reminder (via two posts from the past) that DIE HARD remains one of the great Advent movies ever made. Together, we can #EndTheWarOnAdvent.
Die Hard Is Not a Christmas Movie
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December 24, 2023
Thirty-five years ago today, Sgt. Al Powell of the LAPD and Detective John McClane of the NYPD saved dozens of lives, thwarting a terrorist attack and attempted robbery at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. Today we remember their bravery.
Mailbag: Is it Okay to Watch DIE HARD During Christmas Season?
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December 28, 2023
One thing I’ll be doing a good bit on this Substack is addressing the many emails and other messages I get that frequently overlap with questions others have asked. Rather than answering similar questions lots of times via email, I’m going to transfer many of those answers to the Substack mailbag. Most will be on the more serious side but some will be m…
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