Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:

Emunah,  Torah 

References: Kiddushin: 30a ,  Bava Batra: 15a ,  Menachot: 110a ,  Yevamot: 3b ,  Yevamot: 4a  

Description

Some first thoughts on the realm of biblical criticism and responses from Jewish tradition, from someone who still needs to do more learning and thinking on the subject. Reviewing the set of problems which biblical criticism sets out to solve, the approaches of Higher and Lower Criticism, and the responses of traditional Judaism to the critical schools and to their methods of analyzing text.