To Jews, the Tanakh—with its constant exhortations of “the people Israel” and the “house of Jacob”—is a book addressed to themselves as a nation. But does it follow that believing Christians are simply voyeurs when they seek inspiration and instruction in the same text? Jon D. Levenson explores this question in conversation with Kathryn Schifferdecker and Katie Langston. In the process, he explains why the term “election” is a poor rendering of the Jewish concept of chosenness, the significance of the style of rabbinic exegesis known as midrash, and much else.
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