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Can We Pass Moral Judgment on Torah?
Dr. Rabbi Eliezer Finkelman
Justifying War Crimes in the Bible and the Ancient Near East
Prof. C. L. Crouch
Torah and Modern Morality
The Elusive Benefits of Objectionable and Outdated Texts
Prof. Tamar Ross
Critiquing the Moral Failings in the Bible
Dr. Rabbi Eugene Korn
The Deliberately Flawed Divine Torah
Dr. Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Relating Truthfully to Morally Problematic Torah Texts
Dr. Rabbi Norman Solomon
The Ethical Problem of Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart
Prof. Rabbi Shaul Magid
Black People in Jewish Tradition: Eliminating Racism Requires Honesty
Prof. Meylekh (PV) Viswanath
Can the Torah Be a Moral Authority in Modern Times?
Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber
Can We Pass Moral Judgment on Torah?
Dr. Rabbi Eliezer Finkelman
Feminist Critique
Marrying Your Daughter to Her Rapist
Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber
Who Is the Victim in the Dinah Story?
Dr. Alison L. Joseph
Feminist Biblical Interpretation: History and Goals
Dr. Sarah Shectman
Homosexuality
What Does Deuteronomy Say about Homosexuality?
Dr. Hacham Isaac S. D. Sassoon
How the Prohibition of Male Homosexual Intercourse Altered the Laws of Incest
Dr. Idan Dershowitz
Male Homosexual Intercourse Is Prohibited – In One Part of the Torah
Prof. Rabbi David Frankel
Regarding Azazel and Homosexuals in the Same Parasha
Prof. Shawna Dolansky
War and Genocide
The Cycle of Judahite and Edomite Violence
Dr. Rabbi Binyamin (Benny) Lau
A Microcosm of an Imperfect Bible
Dr. Rabbi Norman Solomon
Slavery
The Bible’s Evolving Effort to Humanize Debt Slavery
Prof. Marvin A. Sweeney
The Treatment of Non-Israelite Slaves: From Moses to Moses
Prof. James A. Diamond
The Hebrew Slave: Reading the Law Collections as Complementary
Prof. Aaron Koller
The Hebrew Slave: Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy
Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber
Did Israel Celebrate Their Freedom While Owning Slaves?
Dr. Hacham Isaac S. D. Sassoon
Violence and Punishment
The Import of Lex Talionis in the Story of the Blasphemer
Prof. Shawna Dolansky
Giving Your Firstborn Son to God
Dr. Eve Levavi Feinstein
Mitigating the Akedah
Prof. Isaac Kalimi
Did Jephthah Actually Kill His Daughter?
Prof. Rabbi Jonathan Magonet
Pinchas’ Extrajudicial Execution of Zimri and Cozbi
Dr. David Bernat
Punishing Children for the Sins of their Parents
Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber
Biblical and Greek Ambivalence Towards Child Sacrifice
Dr. Rabbi Samuel Z. Glaser
Treatment of Animals
Do Animals Feel Pain? Balaam’s Donkey vs. Descartes
Prof. Yael Shemesh
Not Signing Off on Sacrifices
Rabbi Uzi Weingarten
Does the Torah Prohibit Castrating Animals?
Dr. Elaine Goodfriend
On the Problem of Sacrifices: Maimonides’ Ladder of Enlightenment
Dr. David Gillis
Meat or Murder?
Dr. Yitzhaq Feder
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