Stringing the Pearls : How to Read the Weekly Torah Portion.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- How to Read This Book -- A Note to the Christian Reader -- What Is What: Some Basic Terms -- PART I: Preliminaries: What Are We Talking About? -- 1. Starting Points -- 2. The Weekly Torah Portion: What Is a Parashah? -- 3. What Is the TANAKH? -- 4. Bible and Torah: What Is the Difference? -- PART II: Reading and Hearing -- 1. On Reading -- 2. Reading the Humash -- 3. On Hearing -- 4. Hearing the Humash -- PART III: Some Major Approaches to Reading a Parashah. -- 1. Modern Historical-Critical Approaches -- 2. Premodern Ahistorical Approaches -- 3. Existential Readings -- PART IV: How to Read a Weekly Torah Portion -- 1. Which Humash to Use? -- 2. Reading a Parashah: A Four-Step Process -- 3. What to Look for in a Parashah -- 4. The Fourth Step -- 5. Navigating the Parshiyot -- PART V: Commentaries: A Concise Guide -- 1. Humash Commentaries -- 2. Other Historical-Critical Commentaries: The Anchor Bible Series -- 3. The Great Medieval Commentaries -- 4. Synthetic Commentaries -- 5. Midrash -- 6. Women's Commentaries -- 7. Web Resources -- Afterthoughts -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

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