Author: Nahum M. Sarna
Publisher: Schocken
Published: 1996-04-02
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0805210636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book of Exodus records the pivotal events in the formation of biblical Israel—the deliverance from slavery, the leadership of Moses, the wilderness wanderings, and the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. Bible scholar Nahum Sarna, whose widely praised Understanding Genesis has become a standard text, examines and illuminates the distinctiveness of the Exodus narrative in light of ancient Near Eastern history and contemporaneous cultures—Egyptian, Assyrian, Canaanite, and Babylonian. In a new foreword to this edition, Sarna takes up the debate over whether the exodus from Egypt really happened, clarifying the arguments on both sides and drawing us back to the uniqueness and enduring significance of biblical text.
Author: Sol Scharfstein
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9781602800205
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Elliott Friedman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2012-09-18
Total Pages: 2264
ISBN-13: 0062240935
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this groundbreaking and insightful new commentary, one of the world's leading biblical scholars unveils the unity and continuity of the Torah for the modern reader. Richard Elliott Friedman, the bestselling author of Who Wrote the Bible?, integrates the most recent discoveries in biblical archaeology and research with the fruits of years of experience studying and teaching the Bible to illuminate the straightforward meaning of the text -- "to shed new light on the Torah and, more important, to open windows through which it sheds its light on us." While other commentaries are generally collections of comments by a number of scholars, this is a unified commentary on the Torah by a single scholar, the most unified by a Jewish scholar in centuries. It includes the original Hebrew text, a new translation, and an authoritative, accessibly written interpretation and analysis of each passage that remains focused on the meaning of the Torah as a whole, showing how its separate books are united into one cohesive, all-encompassing sacred literary masterpiece. This landmark work is destined to take its place as a classic in the libraries of lay readers and scholars alike, as we seek to understand the significance of the scriptural texts for our lives today, and for years to come.
Author: ca. 1105-ca. 1270 Moses ben Nahman
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780883280065
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Translation of Perush ha-Torah. Contents: [1] Genesis. - [2] Exodus. - Leviticus.
Author: Dennis Prager
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2018-04-02
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 1621577996
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A national bestseller! Why do so many people think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is outdated? Why do our friends and neighbors – and sometimes we ourselves – dismiss the Bible as irrelevant, irrational, immoral, or all of these things? This explanation of the Book of Exodus, the second book of the Bible, will demonstrate that the Bible is not only powerfully relevant to today’s issues, but completely consistent with rational thought. Do you think the Bible permitted the trans-Atlantic slave trade? You won’t after reading this book. Do you struggle to love your parents? If you do, you need this book. Do you doubt the existence of God because belief in God is “irrational?” This book will give you reason after reason to rethink your doubts. The title of this commentary is, “The Rational Bible” because its approach is entirely reason-based. The reader is never asked to accept anything on faith alone. As Prager says, “If something I write does not make rational sense, I have not done my job.” The Rational Bible is the fruit of Dennis Prager’s forty years of teaching the Bible to people of every faith, and no faith. On virtually every page, you will discover how the text relates to the contemporary world and to your life. His goal: to change your mind – and then change your life.
Author: Harvey J. Fields
Publisher: Urj Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780807403341
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Three-Volume commentary includes a summary of the Torah portions as well as interesting interpretations and insights. questions for study and Discission are included for each portion.