Unlocking the Torah Text - Bamidbar by Shmuel Goldin
Unlocking the Torah Text provides an in-depth journey into the Torah
portion through a series of studies on each parsha. Each study opens
with a brief summary of the narrative and then presents probing
questions designed to strike to the core of the text. These questions
are addressed through a review of traditional commentaries spanning the
ages, combined with original approaches. Deep philosophical issues and
perplexing textual questions are carefully examined and discussed in
clear and incisive fashion. The actions and motivations of the
patriarchs, matriarchs and other biblical figures are probed with an eye
towards determining the lessons to be learned from the lives of these
great personalities. Clear distinction is made between pshat
(straightforward literal meaning) and Midrash (rabbinical exegesis) as
both of these approaches to biblical text are carefully defined and
applied. Finally, thought-provoking connections are raised between the
eternal Torah narrative and critical issues of our time. Each study is
thus constructed to encourage continued discussion and study of the
Torah narrative.
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