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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Eye for an Eye for an Eye: The Poetics of Jewish Law
Description: A hybrid event (in-person and virtual) by Rabbi David KasherThe event was co-sponsored by Temple ChaiAbout the Event: We often divide the Torah into two categories: narrative and law. But the laws of the Torah themselves are often written in poetic language, inviting us to use the tools of literary criticism to analyze them. That poetic quality is prominently on display in one of the Torah’s most (in)famous legal formulations: An Eye for an Eye. A careful literary reading of this law in the Torah can reveal hid...