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Contents Preface xi How to Read This Book xv A Note to the Christian Reader xix What Is What: Some Basic Terms xxi PART I: Preliminaries: What Are We Talking About?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. Starting Points 2 2. The Weekly Torah Portion: What Is a Parashah? 9 3. What Is the TANAKH? 19 4. Bible and Torah: What Is the Difference? 25 PART II: Reading and Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1. On Reading 30 2. Reading the Humash 40 3. On Hearing 42 4. Hearing the Humash 45 PART III: Some Major Approaches to Reading a Parashah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 1. Modern Historical-Critical Approaches 62 2. Premodern Ahistorical Approaches 81 3. Existential Readings 100 x CONTENTS PART IV: How to Read a Weekly Torah Portion . . . . . . . . . 105 1. Which Humash to Use? 107 2. Reading a Parashah: A Four-Step Process 113 3. What to Look for in a Parashah 120 4. The Fourth Step 126 5. Navigating the Parshiyot 130 PART V: Commentaries: A Concise Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 1. Humash Commentaries 183 2. Other Historical-Critical Commentaries: The Anchor Bible Series 189 3. The Great Medieval Commentaries 191 4. Synthetic Commentaries 197 5. Midrash 199 6. Women’s Commentaries 202 7. Web Resources 205 Afterthoughts 207 Notes 211 Works Cited 227 Index 231 ...

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