I went from dismissing biblical criticism to embracing its truth, and having to rebuild my religious identity. Five aspects of my religious life have been profoundly enhanced.
Rabbi
Noam Shapiro
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Sharing his religious journey into biblical scholarship, a young married Hasidic man challenges the Modern Orthodox world to lead where his community cannot.
Yoel S.
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Torah Mi-Sinai and other dogmas compelled me to reconsider my place within the Orthodox world.
Prof.
Solomon Schimmel
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My relationship with Torah began with the romance of mysticism but then gave way to skepticism and disillusionment. To my surprise, it was academic scholarship of the Torah that brought back the spark and helped foster a deeper, more mature relationship.
David Bar-Cohn
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The personal and educational challenges I faced teaching an introductory course on biblical scholarship to Modern Orthodox high school seniors: What I learned, what my students took home, and some suggestions on how to move forward.
Sara Susswein Tesler
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The Torah describes God’s fashioning the firmament (רקיע) on the second day of creation. This piece of the universe, however, doesn’t actually exist—a problem obfuscated in my yeshiva education.
Oren Fass M.D.
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The first time I opened a Talmud was with Rabbi Dovid. Even years before his encounter with academic Bible, he always made space for me to argue points that I disagreed with. I became hooked on Torah study.
Bill Friedlieb
Wishing David a happy birthday. We first connected in February 2010 when he was working as a kiruv (outreach) rabbi with Aish HaTorah.
Kevin Wolf
Many hundreds of rabbis and clergy use TheTorah.com as a resource. I am committed to help support it. Will you join me?
Rabbi
Ron Stern
“Bible criticism can ruin only a faith that has already been weakened.” – Emmanuel Levinas, “The Spinoza case”
Prof. Rabbi
Shaul Magid
