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Some "Bible" students say they are surprised that a man who wears a yarmulke--in keeping with the laws of Orthodox Jewry--shows off his sense of humor while teaching the Good Book.
His own investigation of the history of the Pentateuch--the first five books of the Bible, also known as the Torah--has yielded an insight Kugel considers key to appreciating how Scripture is viewed today.
Early in the "Bible" course, Kugel explains that ancient interpreters are responsible for four enduring assumptions about the text.
According to Kugel, the first references to the Bible's cryptic nature, its fundamental relevance, its completeness and its divine origin are found in the exegesis of the ancient interpreters.
"What I do try to show in the course is how much the early interpreters really created the whole image that the Bible has in Judaism and Christianity," he says.