The Impact of the Text

To conclude this course, Professor Kass reflects on the nearly two decades he has spent studying Exodus. By reading the text slowly, placing himself in the story, and allowing the text to work on him, he has come to new understandings of nationhood, leadership, holiness, the Jewish people, and much else. And, just as the Children of Israel sought to do, Exodus has helped him become closer to that which is highest and best.