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Where Are the Lines?
In 1976, a fair amount of controversy was created surrounding the publication of Rabbi Yehudah HaChassid’s commentary on the Torah. Certain passages…
How to Live with Messiness: Joshua Berman on Biblical Criticism
How can an Orthodox rabbi be a scholar of Biblical criticism? Can Biblical scholars determine the ‘true Bible’? Enter Professor Joshua Berman.…
Joshua Berman: What Should We Believe?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, David sits down with Professor Joshua Berman, a Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University, to…
What Should We Believe About Torah?
However you navigate this issue, Professor Joshua Berman’s approach is crucial to consider. He is an accomplished academic in the field, whose new…
Why Discuss Risky Topics? Thinking About Biblical Criticism
After millennia of study, in many ways the Bible still remains a question mark to us, a mark of the unknown. As…
Biblical Criticism Intro
David explains how, despite his initial apprehensiveness towards the topic, he has come to appreciate the different approaches to Biblical criticism offered…
What Biblical Criticism Means to Me
18Forty started with a question about Biblical criticism. Mitch Eichen, who really got this project off the ground, called me on the…
Introduction to Biblical Criticism: Once More, Unto The Breach
No book in human history has had its authorship contested—and no book has had as much at stake—as the Bible. All major…
Does Religion Value Comedy?
Rabbi Daniel Feldman: Rosh Yeshiva, editor, and author, Rabbi Feldman doesn’t just bring the Talmudic know-how about comedy in religious life to…
Comedy Conclusion
As we live through the ups and downs of life, laughter begins to play an invaluable role in our mental well-being. Perhaps…
Punchlines with Boundaries and Opportunities
The famous Jewish comedian, Jackie Mason, began his career as a Rabbi Jack Maza. His Bar Mitzvah speech was fairly sophisticated and later…
Daniel Feldman: Punchlines with Boundaries and Opportunities
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, David sits down with Rabbi Daniel Feldman, a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and an…