To This Very Day: Fundamental Questions in Bible Study

Since the Enlightenment, Bible scholars have been divided into two groups: those who believe in the sanctity and divine origin of the text, and those who relate to the Bible as a literary creation of human origin. In recent years, as many yeshivot - especially in Israel - have re-embraced serious Tanakh study, rabbis and scholars have engaged in a deep and serious confrontation with critical academic approaches. This confrontation has generated new tools of analysis and fascinating synthese...