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The answer, or lack thereof, teaches us something important about the meaning and limits of divine revelation.
Prof.
Kenneth Seeskin
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Thoughts on Torah Min HaShamayim
Dr. Rabbi
Michael Harris
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A Devar Torah inaugurating Project TABS / TheTorah.com
Rabbi
David D. Steinberg
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By considering two moments in the Bible at which the people gather to hear God’s word: the revelation to Moses at Sinai in Exodus, and Ezra’s assembly in a Jerusalem square in Nehemiah, we can contrast the clear revelation we yearn for with the hidden revelation that upon reflection we should accept.
Prof.
Sam Fleischacker
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YHWH commissions Isaiah to distract the people of Judah so that they continue to sin and then YHWH can punish them harshly. In contrast to other biblical figures such as Abraham and Moses, Isaiah is silent at this injustice.
Prof.
Marvin A. Sweeney
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Situating Sommer’s theology of participatory revelation and halachic fluidity among other Jewish thinkers and writings: Heschel, Maharal, Rosenzweig, and the Zohar.
Prof. Rabbi
Alexander Even-Chen
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