Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this
book possible: Kinney Zalesne and Scott Siff. Every commentator,
from the classical rabbi to the modern-day scholar, has brought his
or her own worldview, with all of its assumptions, to bear on the
reading of holy text. This relationship between the text itself and
the reader's interpretation is the subject of Torah Through Time.
Shai Cherry traces the development of Jewish Bible commentary
through three pivotal periods in Jewish history: the rabbinic,
medieval, and modern periods. The result is a fascinating and
accessible guide to how some of the world's leading Jewish
commentators read the Bible. Torah Through Time focuses on specific
narrative sections of the Torah: the creation of humanity, the
rivalry between Cain and Abel, Korah’s rebellion, the claim of
the daughters of Zelophechad, and legal matters concerning Hebrew
slavery. Cherry closely examines several different commentaries for
each of these source texts, and in so doing he analyzes how each
commentator resolves questions raised by the texts and asks if and
how the commentator’s own historical frame of reference—his own
time and place—contributes to the resolution. A chart at the end
of each chapter provides a visual summary that helps the reader
understand the many different elements at play.
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