When I saw Professor Wasserman’s office for the first time I was a young adult. This four-wall space could fit no more than 5 people comfortably. Yet there was a sense of closeness that came from it. There were rows of stacks of pages sewn together and bound to cardboard covers. These cardboard-bound papers rested upon a tall wooden case that stretched all the way to the ceiling.  A vast number of colors and words lined the back of the spines. I was in awe as I could not make out what the words said yet amazed at how aesthetically pleasing the combination remained. Adhered to the wall was an image encompassed in a wooden border with a slab of glass laying on top of it. This wooden border gave the image a sense of significance. Next to the entrance, there was a flat slab of wood held up by wooden legs. Atop this slab of wood lay an object similar to the slab of glass that covered the image. It was being held horizontally upright by an aluminum spine. On one side of it, there was a black symbol of an apple. On the right side of the apple, there was a chunk missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it. But on the other side of this glass slab lay something I can only describe as magical. In her hand, she held a plastic object. It seemed to be quite small as her fingers enveloped the entire thing. But as she moved this plastic object the images on this glass slab would change. A small cursor would follow any micro adjustment she made as her hand would glide across the flat slab of wood that was held by wooden legs. The more she moved her hands the more the images from the glass would change. To the left of this plastic object was another. This one was much bigger and she needed both hands to operate it. It had small plastic panels on it. Every plastic panel had a letter of the alphabet. Yet the order of the plastic panels didn’t seem to follow alphabetical order. But I didn’t have time to question it as she would rapidly press down on these plastic panels. 

Professor Wasserman is a Jewish studies professor. She is a woman that has glasses and wears her hair in a bun. She is an academic that specIalizes in the bible and its history of it. She is friendly and very welcoming which makes her easy to talk to. The way she speaks is very fluid. She enunciates all of her words. She occasionally cracks a joke during her speech. She moves her hands while she speaks. She seems very relaxed and lighthearted when she talks. All of her words seems carefully put together. She speaks with intent and confidence and it makes it seem like she knows what she is talking about. The combination of all of these movements demonstrates her experience. She has been speaking in this way for a long time. She wears a smile on her face every moment. It gives her the appearance that she is always happy. 

Pop culture and the bible and the connection between the two of them

What was the first Bible written on?

It was written in Hebrew on parchment. Hebrew Bible was first written in Hebrew and then translated into Greek, Latin, and English. Hebrew reading goes from left to right. The Bible’s order is because it is the way the Biblical priests and the time thought was the right way to put them in…

Why are the Hebrew bible and the Christian bible not in the same order if they’re like the same thing?

The Jews have always kept the same order for 2500 years…

Christians tried to reorder it in a better way. The Hebrew bible has all the same books as the old testament just in a different order…

Why is the new testament more organized than the old testament?

 The old testament took 1400 years to write compared to only 200 years for the new testament so the new testament is much more organized…

The Hebrew bible is made of 39 different books. In the Jewish world, we say it’s 24 because all of the minor profits are considered 1…

The first book of the bible is called Genesis which roughly translates to beginning or creation. 

What is pop culture?

Pop culture is a societal product or media that is widely accessible to the majority of the population and makes up the traditions and material culture of our society. The arbiters of pop culture are the young…

All of her brothers are football fans.

Some examples of genesis in pop culture
Tim Tebow quote from John on his eyelids for all of his games because he felt this connection to god. The term Hail Mary pass for an end-of-the-line game-deciding pass almost like a prayer pass…