Conversations: Tanakh Study Within The Orthodox Jewish World

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Winter, 2013

Source: Conversations: The Journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals

The winter issue of "Conversations", the Journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, focuses on Tanakh study within the Orthodox Jewish world. How is Tanakh studied and taught? What is the relationship between traditional Yeshiva approaches and academic approaches? What can we learn from non-Orthodox sources? What new ideas can we bring to the study and teaching of Tanakh? The Institute offers teachers in Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot a free copy of this issue until December 31, 2012 by writing to: mdangel@jewishideas.org

Rabbi Hayyim Angel is Guest Editor of this issue, and he has brought together articles by an outstanding group of Tanakh experts listed below. The issue should be ready for distribution in early January.

Table of Contents - Conversations, Issue 15

Introduction

Religious Tanakh Study in the Twenty-First Century: Opportunities and Challenges - Hayyim Angel—Guest Editor

Part I: Religious Outlook toward Tanakh Study

Always Connect - Shalom Carmy
Orthodox Bible-Study: The Reality on the Ground - B. Barry Levy
On Interpreting Midrash - Moshe Shamah
Reading Abraham's Stories - Joel Wolowelsky
Non-Orthodox Wisdom in the Orthodox Study of Tanakh - Nathaniel Helfgot

Part II: Tanakh Education

Teaching Tanakh in the Twenty-First Century - Richard Hidary
Engaging Students with Torah Mi-Sinai: Creating Tanakh Curricula in Jewish High Schools - Beth Wiesenberg
Coaxing the Waters from the Rock: Tanakh Education in Yeshiva High Schools: The Real and the Ideal - Yitzchak Etshalom
Reading Tamar - Erica Brown
Teachers Talk about Introducing Academic Bible Study Methods in Their Classrooms - Shalom Berger
Teaching Biblical Archaeology at Yeshiva University - Jill Katz

Part III: Text Studies

The Tower of Babel: A Case Study in Combining Traditional and Academic Bible Methodologies - Hayyim Angel
Dis/Obedience to Military Orders - Moshe Sokolow
Ramban's Integrative Approach to Biblical Narrative - Michelle Levine
The Revolution of Terah and Avraham - Zvi Grumet
Searching for Holiness: The Song of the Sea in Tanakh and Tefillah - Rachel Friedman

Part IV: Alternative Models of Tanakh Study