Hebrew Texts

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    Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
    —Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 9:17.

    Speech of “a foolish woman” to “him that wanteth understanding.”

    The party of God and the party of Literature have more in common than either will admit; their texts may conflict, but their bigotries coincide. Both insist on being the sole custodians of the true word and its only interpreters.
    Frederic Raphael (b. 1931)