Judaism, Academic Scholarship

The Bible Is a Book of Questions, Not Answers

Prof.

Francis Landy

Having Our Bible and Criticizing It Too

Prof.

James Kugel

The Bible, an “Axe for the Frozen Sea Inside Me”

Prof.

Rachel Adelman

Conflict? What Conflict? Religious Tradition and Biblical Criticism

Prof.

Benjamin D. Sommer

Tanakh and My Search for Jewish Identity

Prof.

Carl S. Ehrlich

Kiyyum Mitzvot and Biblical Criticism: Holding On to the One Without Letting Go of the Other (Eccl. 7:18)

Prof.

Baruch J. Schwartz

From “Kosher Cop” to Academic Bible Scholar

Prof.

Marc Zvi Brettler

A Conduit to the Divine That Enriches Our Lives

Dr. Rabbi

Jeremy Rosen

Biblical Authority: A Jewish Pluralistic View

Prof.

Marc Zvi Brettler

How Can a Torah Commentary Be Source-Critical and Jewish?

Prof.

Baruch J. Schwartz

The Benefits of Studying Torah with Modern Biblical Scholarship

Project TABS Editors

Is Modern Critical Study a Jewish Way of Studying Torah?

The works of medieval exegetes such as Maimonides, Rashbam and Ibn Ezra demonstrate that Judaism has a long-standing tradition of studying the Torah critically.

Prof. Rabbi

Marty Lockshin

The Multifaceted Revelation at Sinai

Prof.

Marc Zvi Brettler

Sacred Mountains: Connecting the Revelation at Horeb and the Aqedah

Traditional and Critical Approaches

Prof.

Richard Elliott Friedman

Torah for an Interconnected and Changing World

A Shavuot tribute to TheTorah.com on its 8th anniversary (and my 88th birthday).

Dr. Rabbi

Norman Solomon

The Fifth Question Many are Afraid to Ask

Rabbi

David D. Steinberg

Drawing Contemporary Jews Closer to the Torah

Dr. Rabbi

Lawrence Grossman

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