About
By now, my posts about the prophets of the Hebrew bible are outnumbered by my posts about present day predicaments, particularly concerning the surge of antisemitism in recent times. Nevertheless, the blog still goes under the difficult-to-spell name of Neviimtovim.com. Neviim is the Hebrew word for prophets (Navi is masculine singular, neviah feminine) and tovim means good, plural to agree with the plural noun. The phrase comes up in Hebrew liturgy just before the prophetic reading from the bible, in a blessing which refers to good prophets – ‘neviim tovim‘. So a blog which started out about prophets is now about 21st century troubles as seen by me, a British Jewish woman in North London. If you’re reading this, thank you. I appreciate all readers.
Gillian Gould Lazarus
5 Responses to "About"
January 11, 2020 at 2:49 pm
Interesting blog. 🙂 You seem to have a lot of knowledge about the Tanach.
Thank you for taking time to look at the blog.
April 12, 2023 at 11:08 am
Your political & philosophical ‘journey’ from teenage years to the present hit a nerve with me as similar to my own. I’ve now started reading your blog which is very interesting. It’s good to know one is not alone!
April 12, 2023 at 11:40 am
It is indeed. Thank you for reminding me that I’m not alone.
Neviim Tovim, blogs by Gillian Gould Lazarus 
July 16, 2015 at 2:21 pm
HI, I came across your blog. Very informative. Did you study the old testament at a college? I guess I want to know how authentic your interpretations are. I would like to follow your blog. Anju Jolly
July 16, 2015 at 2:28 pm
Thank you Anju. I did a Masters at a Jewish seminary in London called Leo Baeck College. They train most of the European Reform and Progressive rabbis there. I’ve long been involved in synagogue life, and ran an adult bible study group. It seems to me that, the more you study the bible, the more you come across difficult or displeasing texts. Perhaps that’s how it is with all the holy scriptures, whatever the religion. Holiness in a text doesn’t seem to mean easiness or even reasonableness, does it?