Dancing with the Text: The Rabbinic Use of Midrashic Allegory
Malka Simkovich explores how Chazal approached our sacred texts in their midrashic allegories and how this issue continues to effect our approach to the torah today.
The Voice and the Sword: A Meta-Narrative in Rashi
Dan Jutan locates a fascinating meta-narrative within Rashi's commentary.
Peshat and Beyond: The Emergence of A Reluctant Leader
Batya Hefter explores Moses' development as a leader
Peshat and Beyond: How the Hasidic Masters Read the Torah
Batya Hefter uses the case of Isaac to illuminate how hasidic masters read the Bible.
The Tension that is Tanakh
Yaakov Beasley looks at Hayyim Angel's scholarship and evaluates it as an exemplar of Modern Orthodox Bible study.
Azariah de Rossi’s Fascination with the Septuagint
What inspired Azariah de Rossi to take a work that cut against the grain of rabbinic views of the Septuagint and make it accessible to his Hebrew-reading fellow Jews?
On the Irrelevance of Biblical Criticism
Commentary by @Jerome Marcus: why biblical criticism directs our attention to the wrong way to read any good book, never mind The Good Book.
Orthodox Judaism and the Impossibility of Biblical Criticism
Michah Gottlieb reflects on the recent discussion on biblical scholarship and its implications for Orthodox Jews, in light of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's writings.
Get Your Hashkafa Out of My Chumash!
Yaakov Jaffe provides an ideological argument against including ideology in our Chumashim.
The Prince and the Precedent: Genesis 34 in its Socio-Legal Context
How should one respond to ominous cultural trends that have not yet had a direct impact? Alex Maged's thoughts on the rape of Dinah.
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