The central fact of biblical history, the birth of the Messiah, more than any other, presupposes the design of Providence in the selecting and uniting of successive producers, and the real, paramount interest of the...

Why didn’t Jacob simply refuse to go along with this bold, obvious swindle? Again, Robert Alter’s insights are invaluable. When Jacob asks, ‘Why have you DECEIVED me?’ the Hebrew word is the same one used...

I can’t, Muffin. I can’t talk to him.Why? He was good enough to sleep with, but not good enough to talk to now that he know’s that you’re part fish?

Love is illogical. You fall into it like a manhole. Then you’re just stuck. You die in love more than you live in love.