Schedule

I write most of the posts ahead of time, and schedule them for release. I'll try to always release at 8:00 AM EST (5:00 AM, PST). Here's what's coming up in weeks to come.

Date	Week of	Title
Sep. 21	Rosh Hashannah	How did Yom Teruah become Rosh Hashannah
Oct. 1	Yom Kippur	Divine Rewards and Punishments
Oct. 6	Sukkot	The History of Sukkot
Oct. 13	Bereishit	The "Third" Story of Creation
Oct. 22	Noach	The Table of Nations
Oct. 29	Lech Lecha	Melchizedek: Priest of What Exactly
Nov. 5	Vayera	A Brief History of Ancient Circumcision
Nov. 12	Chayei Sarah	The Wanderings of the Patriarchs
Nov. 19	Toldot	The Patriarchs in the Nevi'im
Nov. 26	Vayetze	Etiology
Dec. 3	Vayishlach	Propaganda
Dec. 10	Vayeshev	The Story or Stories of Joseph and the Pit
Dec. 17	Hannukah (Miketz)	Why do we light Hannukah Candles?
Dec. 24	Vayigash	The Hyksos and the Jews
Dec. 31	Vayechi	Absence of Evidence
Jan. 7	Shemot	The Baby in the Basket
Jan. 14	Vaera	"...and my Name YHWH I did not Make Known to Them."
Jan. 21	Bo	The Historicity of the Exodus
Jan. 28	Beshalach	The Song of the Sea
Feb. 4	Yitro	Using Umberto Cassuto to Argue for non-Mosaic Authorship
Feb. 11	Mishpatim	Hammurabi's Code
Feb. 18	Terumah	The Color Purple
Feb. 25	Tetzaveh	A Short Post about Underwear
Mar. 1	Purim	Bonus Purim Post
Mar. 4	Ki Tisa	The Golden Calf
Mar. 11	Vayakhel-Pekkudei	The "Original" Ten Commandments
Mar. 18	Vayikra	Who's a Kohen?
Mar. 25	Tzav	Where to Sacrifice?
Apr. 1	Pesach	Notes on the Seder
Apr. 8	Pesach	The Origins of Pesach
Apr. 15	Shmini	The Stories of Shaul and David
Apr. 22	Tazria-Metzorah	The Center of the Torah
Apr. 29	Acharei-Mot Kedoshim	Love Your Neighbor (and other assorted laws)
May 6	Emor	Beauty is Only Skin Deep
May 13	Behar-Behukotai	God's Punishments Revisited
May 20	Bamidbar	The Population Problem of the Torah
May 27	Nasso	Repetition
Jun 3	Beha'alotcha	Communication With God
Jun 10	Shelach	The Conquest of the Canaanite Nations
Jun 17	Korach	The Rebellion of Korach
Jun 24	Chukat	The Nechushtan
Jun 26	Bonus	Bonus Post: Homosexuality
Jul 1	Balak	Bilam the Prophet
Jul 8	Pinchas	Matrilineal Descent
Jul 15	Matot-Masei	The Wilderness
Jul 22	Devarim	The Book of Devarim
Jul 29	Va'etchanan	The Modern Kuzari Argument
Aug 5	Eikev	Genocide
Aug 12	Re'ei	Har Gerizim and Har Eval
Aug 19	Shoftim	Eschatology
Aug 26	Ki Teitzei	Misogyny part 1
Sep 2	Ki Tavo	Misogyny part 2
Sep 9	Nitzavim	Lo Bashamayim Hi
Sep 16	Vayelech	Slavery
Sep 22	Ha'azinu	Polytheism to Henotheism to Monotheism
Sep 30	Conclusion 1	Why I don't believe in Judaism: A personal story
Oct 7	Conclusion 2	Why I don't believe in Judaism: The divinity of the Torah
Oct 14	Conclusion 3	Why I don't believe in Judaism: What would it take?