Like any form of interpretive writing but in its own distinctive way, rabbinic midrash functions both as a response to elements of the text (exegesis) and as a medium through which the interpreters speak to their own context (cultural expression). One notable feature of aggadic midrash is the practice of telling extrabiblical stories about biblical figures. Even the telling of these stories rep...

The request to see God is one of the theological paradoxes mentioned in the life story of Prophet Moses (a) that apparently opposes his infallibility. The verse 143 of the chapter A’rāf is one of the places this story is narrated. The opponents of infallibility suggest that Moses knew God is not physical or visible, nor occupies a place, so why did he have such a request? The answer is that he ...

The phrase-based translation system Moses has been extended to take advantage of multicore systems by using multi-threaded decoding. This paper describes how these extensions were implemented and how they can be used, as well as offering some experimental measurements of the potential speed-ups available. Details are also provided of how themulti-threaded Moses library is used to create the Mos...