Observation ·
Podcast: Joshua Berman on Traveling to Biblical Egypt
By Joshua Berman, Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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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Who Wrote Judaism’s Canonical Creed?
By Joshua BermanCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Podcast: Joshua Berman on How Traditional Jews Can Respond to the Challenges of Academic Bible Criticism
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Joshua BermanCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Podcast: Joshua Berman on Evidence for the Exodus
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Joshua BermanCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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What’s Next for Biblical Studies
By Joshua BermanIt’s been an honor to read and think about the responses to my essay, “The Corruption of Biblical Studies.” Jon Levenson, David Carr, Craig Bartholomew, and Benjamin Sommer are fellow scholars from wh...
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.
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The Chasm That Separates Modern Readers from the World of the Biblical Text
By Joshua BermanIn “ Is the Torah a Work of Philosophy? ,” Jon Levenson reminds us of the wide but often invisible chasm that separates modern readers from the world of the biblical text. Conceptual categories that w...
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Diving and Divinity
By Joshua BermanCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Was Israel Taken out of Egypt, or Egypt out of Israel?
By Joshua BermanI thank my fellow biblicists Richard Hess , Ronald Hendel , and Benjamin Sommer for sharing their insights into the question of the historicity of the exodus. As I mentioned in my essay, more and...
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 BermanI thank Gil Student , Chaim Saiman , and David Golinkin for their contributions to this discussion about the history and process of Jewish law. Their deep knowledge of Jewish sources adds importa...
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What Is This Thing Called Law?
By Joshua BermanThe Jewish Legal Tradition and Its Discontents
