[In the previous post on this chapter, we featured commentary from Pentateuch & Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H.Hertz as well as Sinaite’s discussion; here, the commentary is from EF/Everett Fox, RA/Robert Alter, whose translations are similarly titled The Five Books of Moses; additional commentary is from REF/Richard Elliott Friedman. When there are more than one commentators featured, there is a […]

[Commentary by EF/Everett Fox, THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES.  Reformatted for this post.–Admin1.] PART I THE DELIVERANCE NARRATIVE (1-15:21) The first part of the book of Exodus is presented as a continuation of the Genesis narratives, by abbreviating the genealogy of the immigrant Yaakov from Gen. 46:8-25.  We find here the same centrality of God, the […]

[Translation w/commentary is by EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; additional commentary from RA/Robert Alter, and REF/Richard Elliott Friedman.  A reminder about the commentary from  P&H/Pentateuch and Haftorah, ed. Dr. J.H.Hertz; this resource book is as invaluable as the others; however, the commentators often go beyond what is stated in the text, making presumptions and logical conclusions.  It is […]

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; in practice, we usually present the chapter text with as little interruption as possible except for S6k side comments, for the first reading; then follow this up with the same chapter complete with the regular commentaries we have constantly featured, to further aid readers’ in understanding cultural, historical, […]

[Translation and commentary by EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  Additional elected commentary from RA/Robert Alter, and Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H.Hertz, and REF/Richard Elliott Friedman, Commentary on the Torah.] Exodus/Shemoth 1   [REF]The book of Exodus tells the story of the birth of a nation in slavery and ends with the nation’s establishment of its own […]

 [Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. Commentary from AST/ArtScroll Tanakh and P&H/Pentateuch & Haftorahs.  Reformatting and highlights ours.—Admin1.] S6K:  So here’s the sequence: YHWH reveals hImself to Moses YHWH liberates, leads, and feeds His people Prepares them to meet Him on Mount Sinai Cuts a Covenant with them The people agree to obey the laws from […]

[If the previous chapters were disturbing and intriguing, these next 5 chapters are frustrating if not downright boring, so much so readers probably tend to skip them altogether.  One begins to wonder why Divine Revelation would include minutiae that might be interesting only to carpenters, tailors, and craftsmen but then why not, YHWH wants His […]

[The previous chapter ends with Moses catching a guarded glimpse, a rear view of YHWH’s glory; what words could possibly describe what he saw? Being in YHWH’s Presence evidently starts reflecting on Moses himself, for at the end of his private personal meetings the face of Moses glows to where the Israelites could not look […]