Commentary on the Torah
Commentary on the Torahby Richard Elliot Friedman includes the  original Hebrew text of the Torah, a complete new translation of these five  books of the Bible, and commentary that aims to show how each passage  illuminates the Torah as a whole. Friedman's massive project invites comparison  with the legendary commentary written by Rashi, which has served as the standard  work of its kind for almost 1,000 years. This new commentary draws on recent  archeological discoveries, medieval commentaries, and modern textual scholarship  "to shed new light on the Torah, and, more important, to open windows through  which it sheds its light on us." The book also continues Friedman's ongoing  project of making serious religious scholarship accessible to the general reader  (as did his previous works, includingWho Wrote the BibleandThe  Hidden Face of God). To that end, it is organized not only with chapter and  verse markings, but also by traditional weekly synagogue readings. This textual  organization, combined with Friedman's relentless focus on the text's meaning  for faithful lay readers, makes hisCommentaryan ideal resource for  synagogue and church study groups, as well as a necessary reference work for  individual students of religion.--Michael Joseph Gross--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.