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Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionCHAPTER 1 The Titleless TorahCHAPTER 2 The Spies; The Sin of the Wrong TrajectoryCHAPTER 3 Korach and the Limits of Popular GovernmentCHAPTER 4 The Book of Bilam; Of Subtlety and SubterfugeCHAPTER 5 Reuven and Gad; The Two Lost TribesCHAPTER 6 The Daughters of Tzelofchad and the Elders of Menashe; Identity, Interests, and DifferentiationCHAPTER 7 Shimon and Levi; The Brothers Divided
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Author: Francis Nataf
Composed: c.2011 – c.2015 CE
Essays on the Torah by Rabbi Francis Nataf. Rabbi Nataf incorporates a wide variety of midrashim and commentaries with his careful analysis of the text to provide the reader with innovative ways to look at well known episodes from the Torah.