The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible - Paperback
The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible - Paperback
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by Tova Ganzel (Editor), Yehudah Brandes (Editor), Chayuta Deutsch (Editor)
A first attempt to bring scholars and rabbis together around the question of how religious belief in the divine revelation at Sinai can be combined with critical Bible study. The volume contains twenty-one essays by contemporary Jewish academics and thinkers on the relationship between faith and the source-critical study of the Bible.
Author Biography
Yehuda Brandes is President of Herzog College in Gush Etzion and Jerusalem. He is the former head of the Beit Midrash at Beit Morasha in Jerusalem, and the author of many books and articles on Talmud, Jewish law, education, and Jewish philosophy. In his books Agada Lema'aseh and Mada Toratekha, and in many of his articles, he examines the connection between law and legend in the Talmud, exposing both the philosophical aspects of religious law and the practical aspect of the Talmudic legend.
