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Academic Biblical Studies, the 71st Face of the Torah

The need for rational-critical approaches to Scripture, in the popular Israeli discussions of the weekly parasha.

Prof. Yair Hoffman

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"Academic Biblical Studies, the 71st Face of the Torah." TheTorah.com, May 21, 2014. https://www.thetorah.com/blog/academic-biblical-studies-the-seventy-first-face-of-the-torah.

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"Academic Biblical Studies, the 71st Face of the Torah" (2014, May 21). TheTorah.com. https://www.thetorah.com/blog/academic-biblical-studies-the-seventy-first-face-of-the-torah

May 21, 2014
Academic Biblical Studies, the 71st Face of the Torah

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Published: May 21, 2014

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  1. The “Culture and Literature” supplement to the weekend edition of the newspaper Ha’aretz presents the exact same approach, in the, admittedly interesting, “Parasha of the Week” column by Yaakov Z. Meir.

  2. The last of these, about ma’avaq and avaq, comes up in discussions of Jacob’s struggle with the angel in Genesis 32:35, in the Torah portion Vayyishlaḥ.

Prof. Yair Hoffman, z”l, was Professor at Tel Aviv University’s Department of Bible, where he chaired the department. He was the head of the Chaim Rosenberg School for Jewish Studies and also the Chairman of the Bible Department… Read More
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