Unlocking the Torah Text - Vayikra : An In-Depth Journey into the Weekly Parsha

from vpfluke

I am coming to this book as a Christian. I spent time pondering what I might say, as it is clearly designed for a Jewish audience. But I was surprised at the approach and the richness of the volume. This book actually deals only with the Torah text in Vayikra. Vayikra is Hebrew for Leviticus. Man...

from temsmail

Shmuel Goldin, Unlocking the Torah Text; An In-Depth Journey into the Weekly Parsha, Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem, 2010, Hardcover, 284 pp. ISBN: 978-965-229-450-0l $29.95 [rate: 4 of 5] This book is the third volume of a growing Jewish commentary set by the author, Shmuel Goldin. This volum...

from deusvitae

An analysis of the various interpretive challenges that arise from a study of Leviticus from an Orthodox Jewish perspective. Some of the challenges come from the story within the text; others involve the particular ways in which the text is worded; many more involve the applicability-- or perceiv...

from jaredbyas

Shmuel Goldin's third publication in his /Unlocking the Torah Text/ on Vayikra, known to Christians as Numbers, is a valiant effort to make foundational law texts understandable and relevant. He begins by setting up the important distinction between the two primary vehicles of interpretation, /ps...

from adamtarn

Vayikra (Leviticus) is the third commentary in the series, Unlocking the Torah Text, whereby Rabbi Shmuel Goldin takes each parsha (weekly Torah portion) and leads us on a journey and into a centuries old conversation. He begins with a summary of each parsha and then breaks it up into sections th...