Observation ·
Who Wrote Judaism’s Canonical Creed?
By Joshua BermanUntangling the history of the Ani Ma'amin, usually but misleadingly ascribed to Maimonides.
Joshua Berman
Joshua Berman is professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University and the author most recently of Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith (Maggid).
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What’s Next for Biblical Studies
By Joshua BermanSource criticism has failed, and a systemic bias pervades academic biblical studies. But computational linguistics promises to open up the Bible in new and reliable ways.
Monthly Essay ·
The Corruption of Biblical Studies
By Joshua BermanAcademic scrutiny of scripture, a discipline prey to intellectual fashion since its inception, is today pursued by many in the service of secular liberal positions.
Response ·
The Chasm That Separates Modern Readers from the World of the Biblical Text
By Joshua BermanReading and interpreting the Bible from within the fishbowl of our own cultural assumptions, we fail to understand it on its own terms.
Observation ·
Diving and Divinity
By Joshua BermanHow a Bible scholar with a yen for scuba diving ended up introducing Judaism to Christians on a remote island in Fiji.
Response ·
Was Israel Taken out of Egypt, or Egypt out of Israel?
By Joshua BermanWhy some scholars want to see the exodus as just a great story.
Monthly Essay ·
Was There an Exodus?
By Joshua BermanMany are sure that one of Judaism's central events never happened. Evidence, some published here for the first time, suggests otherwise.
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Can Jewish Law Get Its Creativity Back?
By Joshua BermanA reply to my respondents.
Monthly Essay ·
What Is This Thing Called Law?
By Joshua BermanThe Jewish Legal Tradition and Its Discontents
