The Voice and the Sword: A Meta-Narrative in Rashi

JL;DR SUMMARY In "The Voice and the Sword: A Meta-Narrative in Rashi" by Dan Jutan, the author explores how Rashi's commentary on the Torah reveals a larger story that cuts across Biblical narratives through the motifs of "the voice" and "the sword." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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