The Pentateuch – New Look Series

This Torah – HaTorah HaZoth

Deuteronomy begins by telling the reader that it contains the "words that Moses spoke," but it also contains another voice - words written by another hand. This other voice/hand is that of a narrator or an editor. At times this other voice provides useful information,...

Deuteronomy is Different

In this introductory class, Deuteronomy is shown to be different than other books in the Pentateuch. It is often presented as a repetition of material already known and reported in other books "of Moses," but a closer look reveals that this is NOT the case....

The Pentateuch: A New Look – Iniquity of Peor – Class Thirty-Seven

After the Balaam narratives (Numbers 22-24), another incident is recorded in the Book of Numbers. This incident is known to the Biblical writers as the "matter of Peor" and even as the "iniquity of Peor." What took place at Peor? Our sources seem to be drawing on...

The Pentateuch: A New Look – Archaeology and the Bible – Class Thirty-Six

In the 1960s, working under the auspices of the University of Leiden, the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research sponsored several seasons of archaeological work. The site is 8 km east of the Jordan River and 1 km north of Jabbok at a place...

Connect with Us

Like, Follow, Subscribe

MAKE A DONATION


Subscribe