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April 14, 2023

The Jewish Way to Read the Bible

The original critical scholarship.

Since ancient times, Jews have engaged in what modern academic scholars would call “critical readings” of the Tanakh, argues Yitzchak Etshalom. Drawing on his long career teaching Scripture, Etshalom—in conversation with Ari Lamm—explains what this approach means in practice, and demonstrates it with an analysis of the beginning of the Joseph story. (Audio, 59 minutes.)

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