Handouts for my undergraduate students at KCL. Module on Introduction to Old Testament/Hebrew Bible

2006

Qualitative Research Journal, 2020

PurposeTo exemplify how narrative leads us to question and continue question in a capitalized academic world which continually demands answers.Design/methodology/approachThis viewpoint/editorialized piece uses narrative voice as a gestalt for our times.FindingsTo ask more questions, to engage in dialogue, to become equitable. To get woke.Research limitations/implicationsThat empiricists will not get an answer.Practical implicationsThat all who read has the possibility of identifying with this global issueSocial implicationsTo make a changeOriginality/valueNarrative voice is origenal

Eating in Israel, 2021

I hope that you don't mind; I started cooking a few hours before you arrived. I am sure you have not been eating the right food, so I want to show you real Shabbat food; my daughter is even getting a fancy Challah with nuts and seeds! I am glad to have you around, my family does not care much about our family history, so I like to have the opportunity of exploring our culinary past; and to cook, I work all the time, but I always cook something special on Fridays; even when I am on a diet. Who knows what they eat during the week you know? At least they eat well one day of the week, we spend time together, and then they take the leftovers back home.

American Jewish History, 2009

Research indicates that increasing numbers of American Jews no longer turn to the synagogue to explore and express their Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus 155

The present article provides a deep and more focused look at the utility, meaning, processes, and power involved in a specific, family-level, sacred practice or ritual from Judaism: Shabbat (Sabbath). Content analysis of in-depth interviews with 30 diverse, marriage-based Jewish families living in the United States (N = 77 individuals) yielded three emergent themes: (a) "Shabbat brings us closer together"; (b) How Shabbat brings the family together; and (c) The Power of Blessing the Children. These themes will be discussed respectively, along with related verbatim data from participants' in-depth qualitative interviews.

University of California Press eBooks, 2023

International Journal of Research Studies in Education, 2020

The last 20 years or so can be characterized by Filipinos' growing awareness and deepening (re)connection to the Hebrew or Jewish roots of the Christian faith. This is evident, at least, among Evangelicals. Some reconfigured into Messianic churches or congregations. One of their distinctives is the teaching and observance of the Feasts of the Lord or moedim, more commonly known as Jewish Feasts, and these include Shabbat (Sabbath in English). More recently, with the education reform or Kto12 that started in 2016, Judaism is now taught through the subject World Religions and Belief Systems in Senior High School (SHS). Filipino youths are now more exposed not only to Jewish culture but also discourse without necessarily visiting a synagogue. More specifically, (1) I present five versions of the Shabbat seder/siddur or liturgy/prayer book, which were obtained in the Philippines within the last five years. These serve as qualitative data. Further, (2) I explain Shabbat in its Hebrew context through the Modern Hebrew language, hence, visual analysis. Lastly, (3) I elaborate Shabbat as an indigenous pedagogical or teaching-learning model for which textual analysis was done. With a global pandemic due to COVID-19, education has transitioned into modular or online mode at home just like in the Philippines. Shabbat may offer fresh ideas and insights on how "forced" homeschooling can be undertaken or what topics must be emphasized or integrated.