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Principles of Faith

The Religious Value of Biblical Criticism: My Modern Orthodox Journey

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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Difficulties for the Modern Believer

Prof.

Tamar Ross

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The Psychological Mechanisms that Protect Unreasonable Faith Claims

Prof.

Solomon Schimmel

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Current Approaches to Revelation and Torah

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The Significance of Ibn Ezra’s Position that Verses Were Added to the Torah

“And this is the Torah that Moses Placed Before the Children of Israel” —Numbers 9:23

Dr. Rabbi

Zev Farber

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The Song of the Well, Psalm 136, Was Removed from the Torah

The Song of the Well, as recorded in Numbers 21:16-18, is only a brief excerpt. While many commentators assume that the song was naturally short, R. Yehudah HeChasid presents a radical suggestion that the song was actually cut from the Torah and placed in the book of Psalms by none other than King David.

Dr. Rabbi

Zev Farber

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Afterword: The Sum of the Matter

Dr. Rabbi

Zev Farber

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Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik: Questioning the Centrality of Empirical Data

Prof.

Tamar Ross

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Must We Have Heretics?

A proposal to return to the days before Maimonides’ thirteen principles defined the parameters of acceptable Jewish dogma.

Prof.

Menachem Kellner

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