First of all, you greatly over-estimate my knowledge.
Frankly, I view the New Testament as mostly neurotic (and anti-Judaic) drivel. It has historical import but, beyond that, little more.
The Tanach, however, is a fascinating tapestry of myth, folklore, propaganda, law, ethics and poetry. It is also much like a core sample of a remarkable Syro-Palestinian culture, with each strata telling its story to all who choose to read with lenses clear of dogma. Finally, it is the codification of the Exodus/Conquest narrative - the brilliant foundation for a new ethos and ethic - which give us, for example, Leviticus 19:32-37.
So, when looking at the current genocide in Darfur, we are cautioned not only to love our neighbor as ourself, but to also acknowledge a central and abiding kinship with the victims, as if we too were oppressed in the land of Egypt. In fact, there are two different possible readings of Leviticus 19:18
- love thy neighbor as thyself, and
- love thy neighbor - s/he is like you
It's quite a book.