which comprised the whole of the Scripture (The Tanach) as they knew it, together with the various interpretations of rabbinic sages through the ages. Studying their rabbi’s view of Scripture, and wrestling with the texts to comprehend “who God is and how God does things,”12 were the two priorities of a disciple and the yeshiva experience. Since all disciples had memorized most, if not all of their Scripture,13 the issue was not the content of God’s Word, but rather how it was to be lived out. As