Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Preface to the English Translation xv
5. Acknowledgments xvi
6. Annotated Anthology—“Wisdom and Knowledge Will be Given to You” xvii
7. Wisdom and Knowledge Will be Given to You 1
8. Origins of the Torah 7
9. Articles
10. General Overview
11. A Personal Perspective on Biblical History, the Authorship of the Torah, and Belief in its Divine Origin 192
12. The Sages as Bible Critics 207
13. The Tanakh as History 228
14. Kabbalah as a Shield against the “Scourge” of Biblical Criticism: A Comparative Analysis of the Torah Commentaries of Elia Benamozegh and Mordecai Breuer 245
15. Orthodoxy and the Challenge of Biblical Criticism: Some Reflections on the Importance of Asking the Right Question 263
16. Ask the Rabbi: “Biblical Criticism is Destroying my Religious Faith!” 288
17. The Theophany at Sinai and the Passages of Revelation
18. “I Shall Fear God Alone and Not Show Favor in Torah”: A Conceptual Foundation for Wrestling with Biblical Scholarship 300
19. Revelation and Religious Authority in the Sinai Traditions 321
20. The Torah Speaks to People 340
21. The Revelation Narratives: Analyses and Theological Reflections on Exodus, Deuteronomy, and Classical Midrash 361
22. The Ethical Challenge
23. The Binding of Isaac and Historical Contextuality 380
24. Manasseh, King of Judah, in Early rabbinic Literature: An Erudite, Unfettered, and Creative Biblical Critic 398
25. Justification, Denial, and “Terraforming”: Three Theological-Exegetical Models 412
26. The Bible in Historical Context
27. The Names of God and the Dating of the Biblical Corpus 428
28. Discrepancies between Laws in the Torah 443
29. Between the Prophet and his Prophecy: Ezekiel’s Visionary Temple in its Historical Context 463
30. Illuminating Inscriptions 498
31. Archaeology and the Bible 515
32. The Book of Daniel and the Twenty-First-Century Religious Bible Student 530
33. Index of Sources 547
34. Index of Names 557