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This book became "The Thrill of the Grill," which has become a bible for aspiring barbecue chefs everywhere according to many reviews. The book won the James Beard Award for "Cookbook of the Year" in 1990.
In The Bible As It Was, Kugel discusses Adam and Eve at length. Popular understanding associates a sinless existence and Satan with the story of Adam and Eve, but there is no mention of this in Genesis, Kugel noted.
What is significant is that "their interpretations are still with us today...Jews and Christians are both heir to this common tradition of interpretation," Kugel said. There was a common mentality about how the Bible should be read and explained.
The Bible As It Was was a finalist in the 1998 National Book Critics Award for non-fiction. It is designed for the general reader and for use in introductory classes at universities and seminaries.
Kugel, director of the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies and a member of the Harvard Divinity School, has taught the Core class, Literature and Arts C-37, "The Bible and its Interpreters." Although the course will be offered this spring, Kugel will not be the instructor. He is also the...