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Every commentator, from the classical rabbi to the modern-day scholar, has brought his or her own worldview, with all of its assumptions, to bear on the reading of holy text. This relationship between the text itself and the reader’s interpretation is the subject of Torah Through Time. Shai Cherry traces the development of Jewish Bible commentary through three pivotal periods in Jewish history:...

Loving God, Rabbinic Style Before moving on to the Middle Ages, let us return to loving God (Deut. 6:5). The earliest stratum of Rabbinic literature, from the 3rd century, offers two distinct interpretations of what such an injunction entails. “Act from love” is our first comment.29 We are to demonstrate our love for God by performing the Divine commandments from love rather than fear. Grammatically, what the Rabbis have done here is interpret love not as a verb, but as an adverb. We are to act lovingly.
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