{"product_id":"9780292787940","title":"Torah Today: A Renewed Encounter with Scripture","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cp class=\"quote\"\u003e\"Even though the first edition was published in 1987, \u003ccite\u003eTorah Today\u003c\/cite\u003e is still relevant to the modern reader....It should have a wide readership in the Jewish and Christian worlds.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"source\"\u003e—Harold Liebowitz, Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of Texas at Austin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"quote\"\u003e\"I have no doubt that \u003ccite\u003eTorah Today\u003c\/cite\u003e deserves to be reprinted. It is academically reliable, readable, and it reflects an authentic voice of Jewish tradition.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"source\"\u003e—Steven Fine, Jewish Foundation Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe central element of Jewish worship is the yearly cycle of reading the first five books of the Bible, the Five Books of Moses, called the Torah in Hebrew. \u003ccite\u003eTorah Today\u003c\/cite\u003e, a compilation of fifty-four essays that grew out of Pinchas Peli's Torah column in the \u003ccite\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/cite\u003e, comments upon the weekly readings from the Torah. Written in a wonderfully clear style, each essay brings the reader closer to the rich spiritual world of Torah as it confronts the challenges of modern society. This reissue of \u003ccite\u003eTorah Today\u003c\/cite\u003e, with a new preface by Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, makes this classic work available to a new generation of Bible students.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173068685552,"sku":"9780292787940","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780292787940_p0.jpg?v=1763682699","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780292787940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}