Mark Sameth

Mark Sameth, named one of ‘America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis’ by The Forward (inaugural list, 2013), is working on a history of the Tetragrammaton.

Mark SamethSeptember 12, 2017

In the Zohar on Song of Songs, the letters of the Hebrew alef-bet are depicted as having a love life.

Mark SamethMay 2, 2017

When a text’s meaning has been intentionally obscured, all bets are off. Such is the case with the Hebrew Bible.

Mark SamethMarch 13, 2017

In the bible, God is likened to a mother as well as to a father.

Mark SamethJanuary 26, 2017

Did Mordecai “nurse” Esther? Did Isaiah prophesize that the future kings of Israel would be “nursing” kings?

Mark SamethDecember 13, 2016

The dual-gendered nature of Adam “is completely distorted by Bible translations which consistently capitalize the term as a proper name Adam.”

Mark SamethNovember 21, 2016

So far, we have looked at Eve as “he” and Noah repairing to “her” tent. Now we will take a look at Rebecca as a “young man.”

Mark SamethOctober 14, 2016

In the latest installment of Gender-Bending in the Torah, Rabbi Mark explores the idea of Noah retiring to his/her tent.

Mark SamethSeptember 20, 2016

Rabbi Mark Sameth explores the dual-gendered nature of how Eve is referred to in the Torah.

Mark SamethSeptember 13, 2016

In our time, the most significant reevaluation of the Hebrew Bible has been around the use of gendered language.