We continue this week in the middle of Exodus 5, discussing the relationship between Pharaoh, the Egyptian overseers and the Israelite foremen tasked with enforcing Pharaoh's policies. I hope to finish Chapter 5 and its commentaries next week. We'll be off for 12/25 and probably 1/1 as well, resuming on 1/8.

Video is below. Please forgive my technical fumblings near the beginning - they were in service of finding a better way to share and zoom in on text sheets during class. Mission accomplished, I believe.

We finally resume our class after a 3-month hiatus. We review the end of Exodus 4 and the first part of Exodus 5 with attention to translations and to some of the medieval commentaries. Continuing next week...

On August 14 we began Exodus Chapter 5 with a close reading of Hebrew and comparing four translations.

Here is my handout of the Hebrew + translations of the chapter.

Exodus Chapter 5 Translations.pdf

The video from this class can be viewed here:

On August 8, we tackled the perplexing “Bridegroom of Blood” episode near the end of Exodus 4.

The video from this class can be viewed here:

On July 17, we primarily reviewed Nachmanides on most of Exodus Chapter 4.

The video from this class can be viewed here:

July 10 Class:

We primarily reviewed ibn Ezra on the middle of Exodus Chapter 4.

The video from this class can be viewed here:

July 3 Class:  The video from this class can be viewed here: