Engaging Torah: Modern Perspectives on the Hebrew Bible

by Walter Homolka (Editor), Aaron Panken (Editor), Bernard M. Levinson (Contributor)

In this volume of essays, eminent Jewish scholars from around the world present introductions to the different parts of the Bible for the wider public. The essays encompass a general introduction to the Torah in Jewish life, and include specific essays on each of the Five Books of Moses, as well as on the Haftarot, Neviim, and Ketuvim. The contributions provide an overview of the core content of each book as well as highlight central themes and the reception and relevance of these themes in Jewish life and culture past and present. These essays, informed by and based on the profound academic research of their authors, together provide an invaluable bridge between high-level academic insight and the study of the Bible both in synagogues and in homes.

131 pages, ebook

Published April 13, 2018

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[Anna Lovat · Rating 4 out of 5]

notes:

Authors of Genesis were concerned with creating a feeling of unity based on the concept of blood relations.

No literary or archeological voices corroborating the historicity of an Israelite enslavement lasting ~430 years; nor an exodus of people as numerous as the Israelites allegedly were at the time of their redemption —---> story of Israel in Egypt fashioned as an allegorical representation of of the historical exile experienced by the writer’s generation