Jewish Concepts of Scripture JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle East The story of how Africa’s

The story of how Africa’s mammals have helped shape the continent’s landscapes over time to support an amazing diversity of life

and traditional Islam continue to represent key factors in any discussion about racism in the United States

Ganador en los Living Now Book Awards de 2011

and Louis Farrakhan

moving American Indian literature in an emergent direction

Jewish Concepts of Scripture JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle East The story of how Africa’sWhat do Jews think scripture is? How do the People of the Book conceive of the Book of Books? In what ways is it authoritative? Who has the right to interpret it? Is it divinely or humanly written? And have Jews always thought about the Bible in the same way? In seventeen cohesive and rigorously researched essays, this volume traces the way some of the most important Jewish thinkers throughout history have addressed these questions from the rabbinic