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Parashat Balak: The Outsider’s View
Parashat Balak: The Outsider's View Description: Parashat Balak narrates the strange tale of a foreign seer who is hired to curse the Israelites but is compelled by God to bless them. What is this story doing in the Torah? It transpires entirely in a foreign royal court, and until the final lines of the parsha, Israel is mere object not subject. In this podcast, Zvi Hirschfield and Alex Israel discuss the role of the visual in this narrative, the perspective of the outsider rather than the insider, as well as the phrase, "They are a people who dwell alone"; Is it a blessing or a curse? The…
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