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Torah & Text

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My Torah Numbers
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Who Wrote the Sto­ry of Abra­ham and Isaac?

Last week, James Good­man wrote about God and child sac­ri­fice and how he came to write about Abra­ham and the bind­ing of Isaac. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb, is…
James Good­man
September 16, 2013
Essay

Under­stand­ing Gen­e­sis 22: God and Child Sacrifice

Ear­li­er this week, James Good­man wrote about how he came to write about Abra­ham and the bind­ing of Isaac. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb, is now avail­able from…
James Good­man
September 11, 2013
Essay

The Ulti­mate Sac­ri­fice: James Good­man on Abra­ham and the Bind­ing of Isaac

James Good­man is a pro­fes­sor at Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty, where he teach­es his­to­ry and cre­ative writ­ing. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb?, is now…
James Good­man
September 9, 2013
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Yom Kip­pur Readings
Dov Peretz Elkins
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May God Remem­ber — Yizkor: Mem­o­ry and Memo­ri­al­iz­ing in Judaism (Prayers of Awe)
Lawrence A. Hoffman
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Derashot Ledorot: Gen­e­sis, A Com­men­tary for the Ages
Norman Lamm; Stuart Halpern, ed.; Meir Soloveichik, fwd.
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In God’s Shad­ow: Pol­i­tics in the Hebrew Bible
Michael Walzer
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From Gods to God: How the Bible Debunked, Sup­pressed, or Changed Ancient Myths and Legends
Avigdor Shinan and Yair Zakovitch; Valerie Zakovitch, trans.
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Torah Of Reconciliation
Shel­don J. Lewis
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The Artist’s Torah
David Eben­bach
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Torah Con­ver­sa­tions with Nechama Leibowitz
Benjamin S. Yasgur
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Sin­ning in the Hebrew Bible: How The Worst Sto­ries Speak for Its Truth
Alan F. Segal
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Shar­ing the Jour­ney: The Hag­gadah for the Con­tem­po­rary Family
Alan S. Yoffie; Mark Podwal, illus.
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Hear­ing the Wom­en’s Songs — in Torah and in ​“The Big Sleep”

Yes­ter­day, Jan­ice Stein­berg wrote about Yid­dish inflect­ed Eng­lish and the audio­book ver­sion of her nov­el The Tin Horse. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish…
Jan­ice Steinberg
January 30, 2013
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Paths of Torah: An Anthol­o­gy of Torah Commentary
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