Wednesday, March 07, 2018

The women, their mirrors, and the Tent of Meeting

DR. RACHEL ADELMAN: A Copper Laver Made from Women’s Mirrors (TheTorah.com).
Who were these women and what were these mirrors used for? Reconstructing the narrative: the historical-critical method vs. midrash.
There have been lots of explanations from antiquity to the modern era.

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