30 de maio de 2019

Porta Dourada


The Golden Gate, viewed from within the Temple Plaza (1860)

Ana


"Hannah Presenting Samuel to Eli" (detail), Aert de Gelder (c. 1710)

Deuteronómio



"Between Individual Morality and National Violence: The Paradox of Deuteronomy", Israel Knohl
 

29 de maio de 2019

Tik


Iraq (1874)


Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away… I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:44-45

Vida


Male and female stag beetles

22 de maio de 2019

Sinai Temple


Los Angeles

Vida


 The triangle weaver spider (Hyptiotes cavatus) holding its web in tension. 

The ability to store and amplify muscular energy in external devices like bows and catapults was thought to be unique to humans, 
but a University of Akron study published this month describes how the spider winds up its web and launches itself at prey.