In this thought-provoking book, David Weiss Halivni asserts that the act of acknowledging and accounting for inconsistencies in the Pentateuchal text is not alien to the biblical or rabbinic tradition and need not belie the tradition of revelation. Moreover, the author argues that through recognizing textual problems in the scriptures, as well as efforts to resolve them in tradition, we may learn not only about the nature of the Pentateuch itself but also about the ongoing relationship between its people and its source. 'Writing with an unsurpassed command of the full span of rabbinic sources, Halivni has produced a tremendously important book, confronting te "maculation" of scripture, those blemishes that have accrued to the revealed text... As a sustained meditation on scripture and tradition, this book should be read with great profit by anyone, Jew or gentile, interested in critically engaging the Bible and its exegesis.' Choice 'An excellent book which gives Christians...

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