{"product_id":"shadal-on-exodus-9780997820577","title":"Shadal on Exodus","description":"\u003cp\u003eSamuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865), known by his Hebrew acronym Shadal, was the leading Italian Jewish scholar of the 19th century. A linguist, educator, and religious thinker, he devoted his talents above all to the interpretation of the Bible. As a master of Hebrew grammar and usage, he focused on the plain meaning of the text. Although he was a devout believer in the divinity, unity, and antiquity of the Torah, Shadal approached the text in a remarkably free spirit of inquiry, drawing upon a wide variety of sources, ancient and contemporary, Jewish and non-Jewish. As a result, his interpretations may strike even the modern reader as fresh and novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the highlights of Shadal's Exodus (Shemot) commentary are his view of the Ten Plagues as nature-based phenomena that nevertheless contained supranatural qualities, his discerning literary analysis of the Song of the Sea, and his daring willingness--despite his acceptance of rabbinic halakhah in practice--to look behind the Rabbis' interpretation of the book's legal sections and examine their literal meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShadal's treatment of Exodus, as well as the other books of the Torah, consisted of his Italian translation of the text and his Hebrew-language commentary. Here, for the first time, is an all-English version of both the text translation and the unabridged commentary, the first complete edition of Shadal's Exodus since its original publication in 1872. The translator-editor has supplied explanatory notes and a list identifying the sources cited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kodesh Press L.L.C.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50925100794130,"sku":"9780997820577","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5d5acd3-ee2e-4343-b091-387ede3217b9.jpg?v=1738975107","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shadal-on-exodus-9780997820577","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}