James S. Diamond teaches in the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton University. He combines two personal and professional personae: a rabbi and an academician. Rabbi Diamond was ordained from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University in Bloomington. In recent years, he has taught the Tanakh course in the Me'ah program, a two-year intensive adult Jewish learning program which is sponsored by the Hebrew College of Boston. Stringing the Pearls grew out of this Me'ah program course.

"Serves as an excellent guide for the very beginner (including those who have no knowledge of the Bible), [and] also offers advanced readers the resources to make Bible study more meaningful."—Rabbi Rachel Esserman, The Reporter "Diamond has brought together a lifetime of both academic and rabbinical learning to create this guidebook for the Torah."—The Jewish State "Stringing the Pearls . . . is intended for all who would like to reach a greater personal understanding of the Torah, no matter what their biblical knowledge."—Suburban & Wayne

James S. Diamond teaches in the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton University. He combines two personal and professional personae: a rabbi and an academician. Rabbi Diamond was ordained from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University in Bloomington. In recent years, he has taught the Tanakh course in the Me'ah program, a two-year intensive adult Jewish learning program which is sponsored by the Hebrew College of Boston. Stringing the Pearls grew out of this Me'ah program course.

"Serves as an excellent guide for the very beginner (including those who have no knowledge of the Bible), [and] also offers advanced readers the resources to make Bible study more meaningful."—Rabbi Rachel Esserman, The Reporter "Diamond has brought together a lifetime of both academic and rabbinical learning to create this guidebook for the Torah."—The Jewish State "Stringing the Pearls . . . is intended for all who would like to reach a greater personal understanding of the Torah, no matter what their biblical knowledge."—Suburban & Wayne

James S. Diamond teaches in the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton University. He combines two personal and professional personae: a rabbi and an academician. Rabbi Diamond was ordained from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University in Bloomington. In recent years, he has taught the Tanakh course in the Me'ah program, a two-year intensive adult Jewish learning program which is sponsored by the Hebrew College of Boston. Stringing the Pearls grew out of this Me'ah program course.

"Serves as an excellent guide for the very beginner (including those who have no knowledge of the Bible), [and] also offers advanced readers the resources to make Bible study more meaningful."—Rabbi Rachel Esserman, The Reporter "Diamond has brought together a lifetime of both academic and rabbinical learning to create this guidebook for the Torah."—The Jewish State "Stringing the Pearls . . . is intended for all who would like to reach a greater personal understanding of the Torah, no matter what their biblical knowledge."—Suburban & Wayne