Useful Book Adds Insights to the Torah from the Talmud

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	• The Torah Revealed: Talmudic Masters Unveil the Secrets of the Bible (Arthur Kurzweil Books) Avraham Yaakov Finkel Jossey-Bass, 2004 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Ho Hum

Book is ho hum. Short little discussions on a few but various selected Torah topics. Nothing really in depth. If you have little Torah background and want to have a taste of short mostly ancient and medieval rabbinic commentary then buy it. Better yet try and find a library copy first.

Useful Book Adds Insights to the Torah from the Talmud

This book is a helpful study tool and reference work for Jewish, Messianic Jewish, and Christian students of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible or the Books of Moses). Its goal is to offer comments from the ancient Rabbis whose teachings have been preserved in the Talmud (a massive collection of Rabbinic sermons from shortly after the time of Christ and for several centuries afterward). It is a reference work, not the sort of book one would read from cover to cover.

This volume should not be considered a thorough Talmudic commentary on the Torah (it is only 382 pages, and the font is large). Instead, the author chooses a few signficant verses from various Torah chapters and then provides some relevant quotations about that passage from the Talmud.

The commentary is arranged in biblical order, It is a real help in understanding the ancient Jewish understanding (or application) of many passages in the Torah, and the choice of passages addressed seems reasonable.

The Talmudic comments both highlight the unusual interpretive style of ancient Judaism, yet they sometimes provide reasonable insights along with the allegorizations. Either way, the reader will begin to understand the mentality of Second Temple and post 70 A.D. Judaism.

The section addressing the Yom Kippur Service (pp. 174-176) is especially excellent.

As an evangelical Christian pastor, I would recommend this book for serious students of the Torah.

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In The Torah Revealed, distinguished Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Finkel brings together in one comprehensive and accessible resource expert commentary from the Talmud on key passages contained in every portion of the Torah. This important book provides an inspiring commentary on the Five Books of Moses culled from a huge body of work that represents the thoughts of the greatest Talmudic authorities of all time. This book offers an invaluable guide for rabbis preparing their weekly sermons, individuals wanting to understand the deeper meaning of the ?parsha,? and students of the Torah and Talmud needing an expert analysis and explanation of the written text. The Torah Revealed helps readers to understand the significance of the Torah?s passages illuminating explicit stories, underlying allegories, metaphors, and symbolic meanings. It highlights the lessons that can be learned and applied to our own daily lives and the different ways the passages can be interpreted.

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