Conservative Judaism And The Faces Of God's Words
While countless millions of people today sincerely claim that the Bible is their main source of inspiration, most of them do not really read it. Instead, they tell what this sacred text should say, rather than allow its words to speak to them. The Bible becomes a monolithic idol hewn out of the stone of their particular ideologies. In a series of pointed and concise essays, Benjamin Edidin Scolnic, rabbi and scholar, interprets the Bible not as "The Word" but as "God's Words." The open-minded...
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In a series of pointed and concise essays, Benjamin Edidin Scolnic, rabbi and scholar, interprets the Bible not as _The Word_ but as _God's Words._ The open-minded reader will find contradictions at every turn and be forced to wrestle with difficult passages fraught with moral and spiritual complexity.
Interpreting the Bible todayThe flexible word of God1Modern methods of Bible interpretation9Moses and the horns of power17How could the Israelites have owned slaves?29Did David kill Goliath?35Were David and Jonathan homosexual?45David's final testament : morality or expediency?49Bil'am and the power of words59The validity of feminist Biblical interpretation71When is feminist interpretation anti-Semitic? : the red tent83Interpretation and prayerNa'aseh ve-Nakriv : prayer, sacrifice and the meaning of ritual89A Piyyut of Ne'ilah99Jonah and other lip-synchers111Traditional interpretation todayTraditional methods of Bible study117Did Abraham wear a yalmulke?125Crisis in perpetuation : am I my grandfather's reincarnation?133Interpretation and conservative JudaismDeuteronomy as the intellectual foundation of conservative Judaism145From bloody bridegroom to covenant rite159Ishmael : Biblical criticism and conservative Jewish homiletics169Footsteps on the ceiling and idols on the floor183The synagogue as God : Beth El and the theology of institutions193Between two worlds or why the peacock doesn't fly199
