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Title: Uneasy Reading of Classical Jewish Texts
Review: I was so excited to read this book. For me, the essays, mostly, do not live up to the book's title. There is very little "reading of classical texts." My sense of that term means going under and behind the text for those of us who don't read Hebrew. The writers tried, I think, but their writing was very turgid, repetitive and seemed to try too hard to be scholarly or profound.Two parts of the book show the writers interacting with their own mentors in "learning to read." Those sections were excellent.I donated my copy to my local Temple.
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