Class 4. 1/28 Revelation and redemption
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Tanakh: Exodus 3–20.
Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man, ch. 19, “The Mystery of Revelation,” ch. 20, “The Paradox of Sinai,” Download ch. 19, “The Mystery of Revelation,” ch. 20, “The Paradox of Sinai,” 184–199.
How does the revelation at Sinai structure Jewish narratives? How does Heschel describe the revelation at Sinai?
In-class materials: Reluctant covenant midrashim Download Reluctant covenant midrashim, adapted from Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews (1909), vol. III.