One of the curious, even troubling, details of the episode of the Ten Plagues is God’s hardening of Pharaoh’s heart, in which God essentially forces Pharaoh to refuse to free the Israelites despite the suffering being inflicted upon him.
One of the curious, even troubling, details of the episode of the Ten Plagues is God’s hardening of Pharaoh’s heart, in which God essentially forces Pharaoh to refuse to free the Israelites despite the suffering being inflicted upon him.
Despite his own Jewish ancestry (his parents converted the family to Protestantism when he was a child) Karl Marx, the philosopher who first popularised the idea that capitalism is inherently exploitative, singled out Jews in particular for their role in promoting it.
Despite his own Jewish ancestry (his parents converted the family to Protestantism when he was a child) Karl Marx, the philosopher who first popularised the idea that capitalism is inherently exploitative, singled out Jews in particular for their role in promoting it.