In this rich volume, Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom demonstrates the methodology through which traditional study meets academic rigor, a methodology that can offer new insights into the meaning of the Tanakh. He describes the way in which fields such as anthropology, archeology, philology, and literary analysis have allowed students of the Tanakh to understand, with greater depth and insight, the stories, laws, prophecies, and poems that have formed the backbone of the Jewish faith for thousands of years.