About the Author

Laurence J. Silberstein is Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies at Lehigh University, where he directs the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies. Robert L. Cohn IS Associate Professor of Religion and Philip and Muriel Berman Scholar in Jewish Studies at Lafayette College, author of The Shape of Sacred Space: Four Biblical Studies, and co-author of Exploring the Hebrew Bible.