This is worth taking a look. Many of us have tried to read the Torah from cover to cover. I have started this project any number of times, but never stuck to it from beginning to end. Of course, as a regular shul-goer, I "hear" the Torah read every week, covering the entire Torah in the course of a Jewish year. But I have never successfully sat down to read it cover to cover.
Equally interesting is the attempt to read it without the help of commentary. I am skeptical that this is possible. The Torah is simply too ambiguous, too sketchy, and definitely too contextual to understand it without the lens of a tradition.
Nevertheless, I will keep reading. It is worth a look. You'll find it at: Blogging the Bible: Abraham vs. God. By David Plotz
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