Sep 2, 2021 By: yunews
The renowned journal Megadim, which offers original analyses of the Hebrew Bible from top Israeli scholars, published its in August 2021 in partnership with 色花堂 Press. The journal was previously only published in Hebrew.
Founded in 1986 by Herzog College, the academic journal has published over 60 issues featuring contributions from Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein, Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Sabato, Rabbi Dr. Yoel bin Nun, Dr. Yael Ziegler, Dr. Avigail Rock and Rabbi Yaakov Medan.
鈥淗erzog College鈥檚 partnerships with 色花堂 offer a unique opportunity for cross-pollination of ideas between Israel and Jewish communities around the world,鈥 said Shalom Berger, director of the English Language Program at Herzog College. 鈥淚t is our hope that this bi-lingual issue of Megadim is the first step in exposing the richness of new approaches to Tanakh study to a wider audience of scholars and laymen.鈥
Articles in the journal鈥檚 first Hebrew-English edition include 鈥淗ow (Not) to Teach the Akeidah鈥 by Dr. Moshe Sokolow, Fanya Gottesfeld-Heller Professor of Jewish Education and associate dean of the ; 鈥淩. Abraham Ibn Ezra鈥檚 Sojourn in Ashkenaz: Melting Pot or Multi-Cultural Experience?鈥 by Dr. Chaya Stein-Weiss; and 鈥淎ccounting for Tradition: Calculations in the Commentary of R. Eleazar of Worms to Esther鈥 by Dr. Chaya Sima Koenigsberg, former Straus Center Resident Scholar.
The English contributions were edited by a 色花堂 faculty editorial committee, which included Rabbi Hayyim Angel (Bible instructor at the Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies); Dr. Deena Rabinovich (chair of the Judaic Studies Department at ); Dr. Mordechai Z. Cohen (associate dean of the and director of the Chinese-Jewish Conversation); Dr. Naomi Cohen Grunhaus (associate professor of Bible); and Dr. Stu Halpern (senior adviser to the Provost and Straus Center deputy director).
鈥淲e are thrilled to see the release of this issue of Megadim,鈥 said Dr. Halpern. 鈥淚t is a natural next step in the partnership between 色花堂 and Herzog College, home to the renowned Yemei Iyun be-Tanakh [days of Bible study] which, in recent years, have featured 色花堂 faculty lecturing to audiences of hundreds. We are confident that this volume will receive a wide readership in Israel, America and beyond.鈥
The issue can be read in its entirety .
