Bible Dynamics, Contemporary Torah Commentary, VOL. 1-b. GENESIS Part B. Toldot – Vayechi

Evolving Personalities And Ideas

In this volume 1-b of Bible Dynamics, which is a continuation of volume 1-a previously published, we present the second half of the commentary on the book of Genesis.

A preface explaining the particular features and objectives of the Bible Dynamics commentary can be found in the front matter of that 1-a volume.

All of a human life is a dialogue between man and God. The participants in this dialogue are individuals, nations, and humankind as a whole. The Almighty wants every human being, and every society, regardless of size, to become more perfect, and to that end He constantly confronts us with new tasks and new problems.

As we manage to cope with each succeeding task, God gives us yet another and another, thus continually advancing us to successively higher levels. When, as sometimes happens, we are not able to cope with a given task, God gives us an easier one, and after we solve it, He returns us to the original, more difficult problem. As we continue solving each subsequent problem in a long series of tasks, humanity gradually improves, and man advances closer and closer to God.

Our ability to understand the Patriarchs as dynamically developing personalities is an essential element of this process. It is our hope that this book will succeed in serving that purpose.