James Kugel on How to Read the Bible : A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now

Date

2008-06-15

Producer: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description

This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with James Kugel. James Kugel has taught at Yale and Harvard, as well as his current post at Israel's Bar Ilan University. His specialty is the Bible - everything from the problems of translation to how to read the Bible today. They discuss his new book, How to Read the Bible : A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now.

Physical description

1 online resource (1 audio file (51 min., 16 sec.))

Location

Jerusalem

Toronto (Ont.)

Subject

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Networks

CBC Books

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Wachtel, Eleanor. Writers & company

Kugel, James L. How to read the Bible, then and now

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc

Bible as literature

Kugel, James L. God of old

God

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677

Bible--Allegorical interpretations

Genre

Discussion

Interviews

Sound recordings

Type of resource

Sound recording non-musical

Language

English

Part of

Writers & Company

Identifier

WritersAndCo-2008-06-15

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