The book addresses provocative questions such as:

• What is the proper way to interpret the Torah?
• How does Maimonides understand the episodes of the Prophets?
• Did miracles such as the splitting of the Red Sea, the falling of the walls at Jericho, and the sun standing still for Joshua really occur?
• What assumptions cause us to misunderstand the Bible?
• Is there a biblical mandate prohibiting suicide?
• Does the Bible forbid ceding parts of the land of Israel for peace?
• Can children be punished for their parents misdeeds, and, if not, why does the Torah say that they are punished?
• Why does Shabbat begin at different times for men and women?
• Why did significant biblical leaders violate rabbinical laws? What really caused the adding of a day to holidays shortly after the time of Moses?
• Why does the Bible not always mean what it appears to say? Is it true that Judaism does not know what happens after death