Methodology in the Academic Teaching of Judaism

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Review ...well worth the time taken to read and digest their contents. ― National Jewish Post and OpinionSo various are the fourteen essays collected here that any reader who teaches Judaism, in virtually any setting, will likely find some that are helpful. ― Journal of Ecumenical Studies...these essays certainly provoke reflection about the goals, techniques and contents of higher Jewish education and therefore deserve the serious attention of those responsible for its organisation and faced with the dilemma of how best (if at all) tointegrate Western culture with Jewish learning. ― The Jewish Chronicle, UKThe appearance of this anthology, edited with great care, devotion and skill by Zev Garber, marks Judaism's coming of age in the academy. ― Studies In Contemporary JewryThis is a fine book....The individual essays, diverse and insightful, will benefit not only Jewish professors teaching in a university setting, but also Christian professors teaching at the college, university, and seminary levels. -- J. Kenneth Eakins, Golden Gate Baptist Seminary; Vice President National Association of Professors of Hebrew ― Studies In Contemporary Jewry...a moving and honest set of accounts of personal commitment, innovation, striving, experimentation, insights and ideas about teaching....Every serious college teacher will find much to applaud.... ― Religious Studies Review...well worth the time taken to read and digest their contents. ― National Jewish Post and OpinionSo various are the fourteen essays collected here that any reader who teaches Judaism, in virtually any setting, will likely find some that are helpful. ― Journal of Ecumenical Studies...these essays certainly provoke reflection about the goals, techniques and contents of higher Jewish education and therefore deserve the serious attention of those responsible for its organisation and faced with the dilemma of how best (if at all) to integrate Western culture with Jewish learning. ― The Jewish Chronicle, UKThe appearance of this anthology, edited with great care, devotion and skill by Zev Garber, marks Judaism's coming of age in the academy. ― Studies In Contemporary Jewry Product Description Co-published with Studies in Judaism.