Ancient Wisdom Today » Robert Alter http://maer.vidanovaphilly.org Ancient Wisdom Today: seeking to understand the past to make sense of the present Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Ishmaelites, Midianites and Literary Criticism http://maer.vidanovaphilly.org/2009/03/11/ishmaelites-midianites-and-literary-criticism/ http://maer.vidanovaphilly.org/2009/03/11/ishmaelites-midianites-and-literary-criticism/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:30:13 +0000 Maer http://maer.vidanovaphilly.org/?p=330 There are different approaches that one can use to understand the complexities of the Pentateuch. I have been thinking about two approaches in particular, source criticism and literary criticism, after reading James S. Diamond’s book Stringing the Pearls: How to Read the Weekly Torah Portion. Dr. Diamond teaches in the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton University and this book grew out of his two-year intensive Tanakh course sponsored by the Hebrew College of Boston. Although the aim of the book is to introduce the Jewish reader to the Torah portions (there are 54 portions or parashyiot which are read throughout the year covering the entire Torah), it covers a whole range of topics making it a great introductory short book on the Torah from a Jewish perspective.

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