On March 29, Mary Rosner will begin our reading of Exodus. The first 20 chapters are filled with narrative action. What is the essential sto...

The Republic begins during a festival at Piraeus in honor of Bendis , a goddess recently imported to Athens from Thrace. The settings of Pl...

For our meetings on March 8th and March 22nd, Pat will take up selections from Plato's Republic . Any edition of the text is fine, sever...

Click on the images for larger versions: Guido Reni, Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, c. 1631 Michaelangelo, Jacob Joseph , Sistine ceiling

On Feb. 8 we'll begin the last story of the first book of the Bible, the Joseph story (Gen. 37-50). We'll continue our reading on Fe...

A comprehensive exhibition on the history of the Bible, known as Ink & Blood: Sacred Treasures of the Bible , is on display at Florida I...

Our next meeting will be on January 11. We will be at the North Sarasota Library , a very nice facility on Newtown Blvd. just off 27th Stree...

Two exemplary comparative essays on the literatures of the Greeks and the Hebrews are Matthew Arnold's chapter on "Hebraism and Hel...

Continuing with representations of the patriarchs, here are three images of Jacob's vision by Murillo, Domenico Fetti, and Jusepe de Rib...

In addition to the fascinating views of Abraham seen through Rembrandt's eyes which Arline gave us, you may be interested in the multipl...

The Sacrifice of Isaac was the assignment given those who wished to compete for the honor of creating bronze doors for the Baptistery of Sa...

On December 14th we'll return to Genesis, reading the rest of the Abraham story and continuing with Isaac and Jacob. Of interest here ma...