How to Read the Old Testament?

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Rather than trying to pull the mask off the Hebrew Bible to reveal something (a monster?) hidden underneath, what if you attended to the actual narrative of the Bible? What would you learn? Robert Alter’s groundbreaking The Art of Biblical Narrative attempts to do just that. Dr. Dru Johnson of The King’s College in NYC and ALI’s own Greek and Hebrew Fellow Tyler Foster join Jonathan and Ryan as we discuss how to read the Bible, Alter-style.

Robert Alter’s The Art of Biblical Narrative: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780465022557

Robert Alter’s The Five Books of Moses: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780393333930

Dru Johnson’s Biblical Philosophy: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781108932691

The Center for Hebraic Thought: https://hebraicthought.org/

The Biblical Mind: https://thebiblicalmind.org/

Learn Biblical Hebrew with Tyler and the Ancient Language Institute: https://ancientlanguage.com/biblical-hebrew/

New Humanists is brought to you by the Ancient Language Institute: https://ancientlanguage.com/

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