Benjamin Edidin Scolnic, a rabbi and scholar, has been the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Hamden, Connecticut since 1983. Rabbi Scolnic is also the Biblical Consultant for the North Sinai Archaeological Expedition investigating the route of the Exodus in the Sinai Desert. Rabbi Scolnic was the first person ever to receive a Ph.D. in Bible from the Graduate School of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is author of many books and articles including If the Egyptians Drowned in the Red Sea Where are Pharaoh's Chariots? (University Press of America, 2005); Alcimus, Enemy of the Maccabees (University Press of America, 2004); Chronology and Papponymy (University Press of America, 1999); and Theme and Context in Biblical Lists (University Press of America, 1995).

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Interpreting the Bible TodayChapter 3 Interpretation and PrayerChapter 4 Traditional Interpretation TodayChapter 5 Interpretation and Conservative Judaism

Benjamin Edidin Scolnic, a rabbi and scholar, has been the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Hamden, Connecticut since 1983. Rabbi Scolnic is also the Biblical Consultant for the North Sinai Archaeological Expedition investigating the route of the Exodus in the Sinai Desert. Rabbi Scolnic was the first person ever to receive a Ph.D. in Bible from the Graduate School of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is author of many books and articles including If the Egyptians Drowned in the Red Sea Where are Pharaoh's Chariots? (University Press of America, 2005); Alcimus, Enemy of the Maccabees (University Press of America, 2004); Chronology and Papponymy (University Press of America, 1999); and Theme and Context in Biblical Lists (University Press of America, 1995).

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Interpreting the Bible TodayChapter 3 Interpretation and PrayerChapter 4 Traditional Interpretation TodayChapter 5 Interpretation and Conservative Judaism