Tag: Biblical Criticism

The book "The Revelation at Sinai: What Does Torah from Heaven Mean?" edited by Yoram Hazony, Gil Student, and Alex Sztuden explores the tension between traditional Judaism and academic Bible scholarship.
The twelfth chapter of II Samuel focuses on the consequences of David's wrongdoings, particularly his affair with Batsheva and his role in the death of her husband Uriah.
"The Revelation at Sinai: What Does Torah from Heaven Mean?" is a collection of essays edited by Yoram Hazony, Gil Student, and Alex Sztuden that addresses the challenges to traditional Jewish beliefs posed by modern academic scholarship.
In this podcast episode, Joshua Berman discusses the importance of Egypt in understanding the inner life of the biblical world.
In this discussion, Joshua Berman, a rabbi and Bible scholar, emphasizes the significance of Egypt in the Hebrew Bible.
"The Revelation at Sinai: What does Torah from Heaven Mean?" is a book that explores the concept of revelation and its significance in Judaism.
This episode discusses Spinoza's legacy of creating a secular world and his key conceptual ideas that contributed to this shift.
In this episode, Spinoza's questions about the authenticity of the Tanach are explored, considering how original his inquiries were and whether similar questions arose before his time.
The text discusses the challenges faced by Modern Orthodox students in reconciling traditional accounts of biblical events with the methodologies and findings of academic biblical criticism.
In 1840, amid a theological dispute within Protestantism regarding the relationship between the Old and New Testaments and Judaism and Christianity, Chief Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch challenged the notion of a rational, ethical God in the New Testament contrasted with a tribal, magic-using God in the Old.
The website 18Forty launched in May 2020 and has since explored various topics including Talmud, leaving religion, comedy, and biblical criticism.
18Forty launched in May 2020 and has since covered topics such as Talmud, leaving religion, comedy, and biblical criticism.
The conclusion of the text discusses how to maintain a transcendent and timeless view of the Torah in light of Biblical criticism.
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, David interviews Gil Student, the creator of Torah Musings, to discuss the credibility of modern Biblical scholarship.
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Gil Student, the creator of Torah Musings, discusses the credibility of modern Biblical scholarship with David.
The conclusion of the article explores how Biblical criticism challenges our understanding of the Torah and raises questions about its timeless nature.
In this episode of the 18Forty podcast, Joshua Berman, a professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University, discusses the relationship between Orthodox Judaism and Biblical criticism.
The author discusses their initial reluctance to engage with Biblical criticism, but goes on to appreciate the different approaches offered by three guests: Joshua Berman, Gil Student, and Sara Susswein Tesler.
In this article, David discusses his initial apprehension towards the topic of Biblical criticism but expresses his growing appreciation for the different approaches offered by three guests: Joshua Berman, Gil Student, and Sara Susswein Tesler.
Joshua Berman's book "Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith" addresses concerns within the Orthodox Jewish community regarding challenges posed by academic biblical studies to traditional faith.
Joshua Berman's book "Ani Maamin" addresses challenges to traditional faith in Orthodox Judaism posed by academic biblical studies.
Robert Alter's work in translating the Hebrew Bible is explored in Raphael Magarik's discussion, highlighting Alter's efforts to humanize and secularize the Bible through his literary translations.
In his article "On the Irrelevance of Biblical Criticism," Jerome Marcus challenges the approach of biblical criticism, arguing that it leads to a shallow reading of scripture.
The text discusses the decline of Conservative Judaism and the factors contributing to it.
In a response to Jon D. Levenson's critical review of his book "The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture," the author defends his thesis that the Hebrew Bible can be viewed as a coherent work of reason, focusing on a conflict between shepherds and farmers as a central theme spanning from Genesis to Kings.