James Kugel is the Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University and Professor of Bible at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He is the author of Poetry and Prophecy, Early Biblical Interpretation and On Being a Jew, the last available from Johns Hopkins. His The Bible as It Was, an introduction to the Torah's ancient interpreters, was published in 1997.

By challenging some of scholarship's most cherished positions, this book will undoubtedly become the sine qua non for all future discussions of biblical language. Journal of the American Academy of Religion This book is a truly remarkable achievement. -- P. Wernberg-Moller Journal of Jewish Studies A pleasure to read and obviously fun to write, a book which reminds us, through its mastery of critical rhetoric and immense learning, of the playfulness of being a scholar. -- Francis Landy Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Consistently erudite, lucid, honest, revisionist, and awesomely comprehensive. Shofar

James Kugel is the Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University and Professor of Bible at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He is the author of Poetry and Prophecy, Early Biblical Interpretation and On Being a Jew, the last available from Johns Hopkins. His The Bible as It Was, an introduction to the Torah's ancient interpreters, was published in 1997.

By challenging some of scholarship's most cherished positions, this book will undoubtedly become the sine qua non for all future discussions of biblical language. Journal of the American Academy of Religion This book is a truly remarkable achievement. -- P. Wernberg-Moller Journal of Jewish Studies A pleasure to read and obviously fun to write, a book which reminds us, through its mastery of critical rhetoric and immense learning, of the playfulness of being a scholar. -- Francis Landy Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Consistently erudite, lucid, honest, revisionist, and awesomely comprehensive. Shofar

James Kugel is the Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University and Professor of Bible at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He is the author of Poetry and Prophecy, Early Biblical Interpretation and On Being a Jew, the last available from Johns Hopkins. His The Bible as It Was, an introduction to the Torah's ancient interpreters, was published in 1997.

By challenging some of scholarship's most cherished positions, this book will undoubtedly become the sine qua non for all future discussions of biblical language. Journal of the American Academy of Religion This book is a truly remarkable achievement. -- P. Wernberg-Moller Journal of Jewish Studies A pleasure to read and obviously fun to write, a book which reminds us, through its mastery of critical rhetoric and immense learning, of the playfulness of being a scholar. -- Francis Landy Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Consistently erudite, lucid, honest, revisionist, and awesomely comprehensive. Shofar