In Memory of Rabbenu Aaron Panken, Zichrono L’vrachah
FROM THE EDITOR
At the Gates
ARTICLES
Introduction – B. Elka Abrahamson
God in the Biblical Imagination: Syntactic Form and Theological Meaning – Andrea L. Weiss
The Sin of Self-Slavery: The Role of the Egyptians in the Exodus Narrative – Daniel Kirzane
Reform from the Outset: Innovation in Torah – Barry H. Block
Jeroboam: A Sinner or a Social Leader and Religious Reformer? – Dalia Marx
“‘Look what I’ve found,’ said Kohelette”: Texts that Talk Back to Kohelet 7 – Wendy Zierler
A Chanukah Thesis – Matthew A. Kraus
Is There a Jewish Version of the “Just War” Doctrine? Some Notes on the Nature of Halachic Interpretation – Mark Washofsky
The Talmud Bavli’s Intertextual Invention of Benjamin the Tzaddik – Alyssa M. Gray
The Deposition of Rabban Gamliel: A Rabbinic Transition — Analysis of Babylonian Talmud B’rachot 27b–28a – Joshua Fixler
Cold Comfort: A Feminist Reading of Moses in the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Akiba. – Dvora Weisberg
The 1946 Exchange between Rav Tzair (Chaim Tchernowitz) and Rav Binyamin (Yehoshua Radler-Feldman) on Bi-Nationalism and the Creation of a Jewish State – David Ellenson
How Liturgy Tells the Truth – Lawrence A. Hoffman
States of Being, States of Being Jewish – Michael Marmur
Rabbi Dr. Aaron D. Panken: Teaching and Modeling Leadership – Rick Jacobs
Chavruta – Jan Katzew
BOOK REVIEW
Kings III – Yochi Brandes Reviewed by Israel Zoberman
