“The second way a rabbi taught,” Michael explained, “was through imitation. Now the spiral tightens a bit. Disciples watched their master—another word for teacher—like a hawk because they believed that the Torah came to life in him. His very way of life was an animated version of Torah, and the followers would want to mimic him in every way, to the last detail. When your Jesus said that he was the way—” “—and the truth and the life,” I said,
