Prof. Raymond P. Scheindlin

Prof. Raymond P. Scheindlin

Jewish Theological Seminary

Prof. Raymond P. Scheindlin is professor emeritus of medieval Hebrew
literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has published extensively on
the poetry of the Hebrew Golden Age and has made a specialty of literary
translation of premodern Hebrew texts, including The Book of Job (Norton, 1998)
and Vulture in a Cage: Poems by Solomon Ibn Gabirol (Archipelago, 2016). For
more information, see raymondscheindlin.com.

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Moses Pleads with God: Why Must I Die?

Moses Pleads with God: Why Must I Die?

Moses, on his last day, recites two poems—the Song of Moses and Blessing of Moses (Deut 32, 33). In this spirit, the eighth century Tiberian Pinchas Hakohen poetically describes Moses excusing his sins and offering alternatives to his death.