“And He called to Moses and YHWH spoke to him” וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר יְ־הוָה אֵלָיו —Leviticus 1:1. Why is YHWH, the subject of this verse, missing from the opening phrase, and appearing only after the second verb? Traditional and critical scholars struggle to explain this syntactic problem.
Dr.
Elaine Goodfriend
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The literary similarities between the expulsion of Ishmael account and that of the Akedah implies that a trial is taking place.
Prof. Rabbi
Rachel Adelman
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