Tanakh with Mikraot Gedolot

Taught by: Rachel Friedrichs
Monday and Tuesday, 3:00-5:00pm, Friday, 10:30am-12:30pm

For students already basically comfortable with Rashi, this course will challenge students to juggle multiple commentators at once and will empower them to navigate the traditional printing of the Tanakh with multiple commentaries.  We will focus on the different approaches of various commentators and contrast their methods though comparative study of their comments on common biblical passages.  By the end of the summer, a student in this class should:

1. Have a basic idea of how the commentaries in a Mikraot Gedolot function

2. Understand the distinct approaches of various commentators

3. Be able to use commentators independently to search for a variety of interpretations of the biblical text