Interpreting the Bible - Panel
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Eric Lawee
Prof. Eric Lawee teaches in the department of Tanakh at Bar Ilan University. He is currently serving as Shoshana Shier Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Toronto. His main areas of interest are medieval and early modern Judaism, with a focus on biblical scholarship and intellectual history. He is currently completing a book titled Canon and Commentary: Rashi’s Resisting Readers.
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, an internationally acclaimed bible scholar and pioneer of Jewish Education on the internet, is well known in the Jewish community for his essays on the weekly Bible portion. His vibrant thematic-analytical approach blends the methods of modern academic scholarship with traditional Jewish approaches to the Biblical text. He is best known for his ability to teach students how to study rather than simply read Biblical passages. As his essays focus on meta-themes in the Bible, his readership…
Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot
Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot is rabbi of Congregation Netivot Shalom in Teaneck, NJ and serves as Chair of the Department of Torah Shebaal Peh at SAR High School in NYC. He is coordinator of the annual community Yemei Iyun on Bible and Jewish Thought sponsored by Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School and has taught in various adult education settings throughout North America, the UK and Israel. R. Helfgot is a graduate of Yeshiva College with honors and was subsequently ordained by RIETS…