| This is a review of The Modern Scholar: The | | | | very helpful, listening to them multiple times in |
| Hebrew Bible audio course download available | | | | preparation for my own teaching. His discussion of |
| from Audible. This is a course on the the Hebrew | | | | the historicity of the Exodus is insightful |
| Bible taught by Lawrence Schiffman. He is a | | | | demonstrating how the Hebrew Bible often |
| widely recognized expert on both the Hebrew | | | | contains historical kernels that develop over time. |
| Bible in general and the Dead Sea Scrolls in | | | | One issue is that with the Audible download one |
| particular. He currently teaches in the Department | | | | does not receive the course booklet. Yet the |
| of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York | | | | upside is that the course costs far less using |
| University and has been featured in a number of | | | | download credits than if one orders the CD |
| television programs about the Hebrew Bible. | | | | version with the booklet. |
| The course contains 14 lectures each lasting | | | | Overall, the course has a 4 star rating on Audible. |
| approximately 30 minutes. With the significant | | | | My own rating would be equivalent. I would |
| amount of material in the Hebrew Bible, this | | | | recommend the course to anyone interested in |
| obviously keeps the course from going into | | | | an introduction to the academic study of the |
| extraordinary detail. However, many of the | | | | Hebrew Bible, though not necessarily to academics |
| lectures give an excellent, succinct overview. In | | | | looking for a significant amount of detail. This |
| particular, I have found the lecture on the nature | | | | recommendation also applies only to those willing |
| of the Bible and the lecture on Biblical archaeology | | | | to save by not receiving the booklet. |