Nova | the Bible's Buried Secrets | the Foundation of Judaism

When Did Judaism as We Know It Today—Devoted to One God and the Teachings of the Torah—Really Take Root? How Did the Religious Practices of the Earliest Israelites Differ from Judaism? in the Following Interview, Shaye Cohen, the Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University and Author of the Beginnings of Jewishness, Addresses These and Other Questions.