40 - Shelach wirh Dr Rachel Havrelock

21/06/2022 33 min
40 - Shelach wirh Dr Rachel Havrelock

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Dr Rachel Havrelock shares a critical reading of the scout story. Dr. Rachel Havrelock is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and English at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Rachel’s book, River Jordan: The Mythology of a Dividing Line combines biblical studies, literary and political theory, and the politics of interpretation. Rachel’s current book project, The Joshua Generation: Politics and the Promised Land, focuses on the structure and meaning of the book of Joshua and its interpretation. Her co-authored book, Women on the Biblical Road, was the beginning of her work on gender and the Bible.