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Written Torah

The Torah’s Use of Mise en Abyme

After Sinai, Moses writes down YHWH’s Laws on a scroll and reads it to the people (Exodus 24). Similarly, Moses writes down the Deuteronomic Torah, which will be read to the people every seven years (Deuteronomy 31). Using the literary mirroring technique, mise en abyme, the Torah connects its authority to these ancient scrolls on one hand, and its readers with the ancient Israelite audience on the other.

Prof.

Jean-Pierre Sonnet

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Torah Thoughts, Rabbinic Mind, and Academic Freedom

Na’aseh Ve-Nishma

Prof.

Zev Garber

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Theology, Not Biblical Studies

Dr.

Tova Ganzel

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Revelation and Authority: Author’s Response

Prof.

Benjamin D. Sommer

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Moderating the Stark Truth of the Written Torah

Rabbi

David Bigman

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Authority Needs Language

By erasing the boundaries between Written and Oral Torah, and removing any clear content from God’s revelation of law, Sommer undermines the concept of authoritative halakha that he wishes to refine.

Prof.

Sam Fleischacker

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In What Way Is Shavuot Zman Matan Torateinu?

No biblical text states that the Torah was given on Shavuot. What does it mean then that Shavuot is the “time of the giving of our Torah”?

Dr. Rabbi

Zev Farber

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