tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post6877332242228467928..comments2023-10-22T09:19:57.342-04:00Comments on אישים ושיטות: From Baranovitch to Bnei Brak: The Remaking of a GadolWolf2191http://www.blogger.com/profile/13577870680689849400noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-28188594755986882432008-10-09T23:09:00.000-04:002008-10-09T23:09:00.000-04:00I haven't been able to check - it wouldn't surpris...I haven't been able to check - it wouldn't surprise me if they did (but there isn't that much controversial stuff in Yehosua, I'd like to see what they do with Bereishis).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-83068574818621171342008-10-09T20:57:00.000-04:002008-10-09T20:57:00.000-04:00BTW in lubavtich circles they say that the Rebbe r...BTW in lubavtich circles they say that the Rebbe recommended da'as sofrim to nach teachers.<BR/><BR/>In this new edition did they make any changes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-74704857498384720922008-10-06T18:56:00.000-04:002008-10-06T18:56:00.000-04:00"different light from the party line"Thanks! That ..."different light from the party line"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thanks! That is part of my point. <BR/><BR/>I forgot to mention the interesting point that he says he discussed his deutero-isaiah idea with Gedolim V' Tovim - given the close relationship he had with a number of prominent Gedolim (CI, R' Moshe, etc.) its interesting to speculate who he may be referring to.Wolf2191https://www.blogger.com/profile/13577870680689849400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-57003573794684467722008-10-06T10:28:00.000-04:002008-10-06T10:28:00.000-04:00Although I don't think he was much of a historian,...Although I don't think he was much of a historian, I love his maverick spirit, eg, his willingness to interpret Mendelssohn in a totally different light from the party line.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358603577059630653.post-26759836407936888312008-10-05T23:35:00.000-04:002008-10-05T23:35:00.000-04:00One of my very first instances of exposure to mode...One of my very first instances of exposure to modern, non-traditional Biblical exegesis was Prof. Yehudah Felix's interpretation of the episode of Ya'akov's sheep from the perspective of Mendelian genetics. Some quick googling indicates that he published it in Tehumin and in Teva Va-Arez Ba'Tanach. [According to a footnote in <A HREF="http://www.haretzion.org/alei/13-08sheep-neustadter.rtf" REL="nofollow">this paper</A>: "Techumin 3 (1982), 461; Teva Va-aretz Ba-Tanakh (Jerusalem, 1992), 27-41."]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com