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Naftali S. Cohn
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Prof. Rabbi Naftali S. Cohn is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University. He received a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Pennsylvania and Rabbinic Ordination from RIETS (Yeshiva University). He is the author of The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis.

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The Tabernacle, the Creation, and the Ideal of an Orderly World

The account of the Tabernacle’s construction echoes the creation story in Genesis 1-2:4a, providing an interpretive key to the ancient understanding of this structure. Ritual theory provides further insight into what Israelite readers may have found meaningful about the Tabernacle as a ritual place.

The Tabernacle, the Creation, and the Ideal of an Orderly World

The account of the Tabernacle’s construction echoes the creation story in Genesis 1-2:4a, providing an interpretive key to the ancient understanding of this structure. Ritual theory provides further insight into what Israelite readers may have found meaningful about the Tabernacle as a ritual place.

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