Lisa's World

<body> If you had a frames-enabled browser, you'd be seeing a pretty neat site. Pity.<p> But for the benefit of the search engines out there (and I suppose the rest of you who are suffering from old-browser syndrome), here are links to the various essays:<p> <h3><u>Judaism</u></h3> <ul> <li><b>What is the Torah?</b> <a href="essays/torah.html">click</a></li> <li><b>What is "God" (Hashem)?</b><br>How can a rational person accept that there is such a thing? <a href="essays/hashem.html">click</a></li> <li><b>The Garden of Eden</b><br>What actually happened there? Isn't that whole story a call to anti-intellectualism? <a href="essays/garden.html">click</a></li> <li><b>Biblical History before Sinai</b><br>What message can we learn from these stories? <a href="essays/prehistory.html">click</a></li> <li><b>The Exodus</b><br>When did it happen? Is there any record of it in Egyptian documents? <a href="essays/exodus.html">click</a></li> <li><b>What is <I>Derekh Eretz</I>?</b> <a href="essays/derekh.html">click</a></li> <li><b>Hillel and Objectivism (<I>Derekh Eretz</I>)</b> <a href="essays/hillel.html">click</a></li> <li><b>Ha Lachma Anya</b><br>A Passover Riddle Explained <a href="essays/passover.html">click</a></li> <li><b>The Sanhedrin, Key to the Redemption</b><br>Why it's so important to convene a central halakhic authority <a href="essays/key.html">click</a></li> </ul><p> <h3><u>Ancient History</u></h3> <ul> <li><b>The Jerusalem Ancient History</b><br>A revised chronology of the Ancient Near East <a href="essays/jah.html">click</a></li> <li><b>The Jerusalem Chronology of the Israelite Monarchies</b><br>A chronology of the kings of Judah and Israel <a href="essays/jcim.html">click</a></li> <li><b>The Heifetz Revision</b><br>A revision of the history of the Medes and Persians <a href="essays/heifetz.html">click</a></li> <li><b>On the Care and Feeding of Revision Hypotheses</b><br>An overview of the various revisions which have been suggested, with an eye towards guidelines in this field <a href="essays/care.html">click</a></li> <li><b>"Forgotten Empires" Remembered: Restoring the Hittites and Mitanni to Their Places in History</b><br>An article detailing an important period and region of the JAH revision of ancient history <img src="graphics/new.gif"></img> <a href="essays/northkings.html">click</A></li> <li><b>The CHRONO e-mail list</b><br>An e-mail list for the discussion of ancient history and chronology, particularly during the biblical period <img src="graphics/new.gif"></img> <a href="essays/chrono.html">click</a></li> <li><b>The 20th Dynasty and Third Intermediate Period (TIP)</b><br>Some incomplete chronological charts of this critical time in Egyptian history. More detailed explanations will be forthcoming <img src="graphics/new.gif"></img> <a href="essays/tip.html">click</a></li> <li><b>The Exodus in History</b><br>Did the Exodus really happen? Did the Egyptians record the event? <img src="graphics/new.gif"></img> <a href="essays/exodus.html">click</a></li> </ul><p> <h3><u>Objectivism</u></h3> <ul> <li><b>Objectivism</b><br>A brief explanation of what Objectivism is <a href="essays/objectivism.html">click</a></li> <li><b>The Benefits and Hazards of the Philosophy of Ayn Rand</b><br>This is an essay by Nathaniel Brandon, reprinted here with his written permission. <a href="essays/benefits.html">click</a></li> </ul><p> <h3><u>About Me</u></h3> <ul> <li><b>Who Am I?</b><br>A little bit about me. <a href="essays/aboutme.html">click</a></li> <li><b><i>The Last Minute</i></b><br>A short story (almost a novella) I wrote in 1997. <a href="essays/minute.html">click</a></li> <li><b>"The Quality of Kindness"</b><br>A poem I wrote in 1997. <a href="essays/kindness.html">click</a></li> <li><b>"Invictus"</b><br>If a poem could go on a coat of arms, I'd want this one on mine. <a href="essays/invictus.html">click</a></li> <li><b>Works in Progress</b><br>Fiction and non-fiction, novels and stories. They're in my head, and someday I'll get them out. <a href="essays/inprogress.html">click</a></li> <li><b>Creeds</b><br>Some random thoughts. Nothing of great import. <a href="essays/principles.html">click</a></li> </ul><p> </body>