Scholarship “When a New Testament scholar provides evidence that the Judaism of the dual Torah…flourished in the early decades of the first century in Galilee, then…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 November 2016 When a New Testament scholar provides evidence that the Judaism of the dual Torah,...
Scholarship ” If subjective opinion makes its way as fact, it is because of the political power of a given professor, not because of the power of persuasion of reasoned and systematic arguments…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 November 2016 The “Herr Professor” who passes his opinion without fearing any public laughter will tell...
New Testament, Scholarship, Talmud “…it is a fruitless quest to continue to try to find elusive rabbinic sources for everything which Paul wrote” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 September 2016 In the case of Paul and the rabbis, let us assume that, at no...
Scholarship “I am only suggesting the lack of value in many value judgments, when these emerge from an acquaintance merely with excerpt instead of with the intent, and the nuances, of a literature” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 August 2016 Rabbinists have sometimes assumed that a gospel pericope was lifted bodily from the Gemara....
Scholarship “The various literatures relevant to Judaism and Christianity are so bulky and so diverse and so complex that no one person can master them all and the secondary scholarship in full thoroughness” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 May 2016 The various literatures relevant to Judaism and Christianity are so bulky and so diverse...
Historiography, Scholarship “…Rashi (1040-1105) might be the earliest recorded example of someone referring to a chastity belt” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 October 2015 Let us return to the subject of chastity belts. In the Wikipedia entry for...
Scholarship “One should always be wary of a book by a scholar insisting that there is a pattern where before none has been seen…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 July 2015 One should always be wary of a book by a scholar insisting that there...
Gender, Masculinity, Scholarship, Talmud “In the formative years of women’s and gender studies in the field of rabbinics, inquiries into the Talmudic concept of gender took the shape of liberal feminist readings” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 July 2015 In the formative years of women’s and gender studies in the field of rabbinics,...
Jewish, Jewish Education “We must promote rigorous study with honest and critical analysis, making it accessible to all and moving away from unchecked centralized rabbinic authority” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 June 2015 We must promote rigorous study with honest and critical analysis, making it accessible to...
Scholarship “There is often a tension between the quest for historical truth and the desire of communities of faith to pass on their religious message” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 June 2015 There is often a tension between the quest for historical truth and the desire...