The Bible Controversy: Jewish Traditions, Heterodoxies, and Controversies: From the Temple to the Talmud to the Present#

(Spór o Biblię. Żydowskie tradycje, heterodoksje i polemiki. Od Świątyni przez Talmud do współczesności)#

Isaac Kalimi#

Isaac Kalimi's latest book, "The Bible Controversy: Jewish Traditions, Heterodoxies, and Controversies: From the Temple to the Talmud to the Present" (available in Polish) examines the roots of interpretive conflicts and the diverse exegetical and theological approaches. Examining Jewish sources from the Second Temple period to the late Middle Ages and early modern period, he shows how Bible study filled the void left by the destruction of the Second Temple and shaped the history of Jewish life. The Bible Controversy: Jewish Traditions, Heterodoxies, and Controversies: From the Temple to the Talmud to the Present is, at its heart, a fascinating story of the relationships between the three Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

ISBN: 9788367284233
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: Poznan: Adam Mickiewicz University Press and FNCE

About the author#

Isaac Kalimi is Research Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies and Ancient Israelite history (emeritus) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany and a member of the Philosophy, Theology and Religous Studies section of Academia Europaea since 2020. His scholarly output has been prodigious and has encompassed a wide variety of fields. He is author of numerous books and articles, including The Reshaping of Ancient Israelite History in Chronicles (2005, reprinted 2012; R. B. Y. Scott Book Award of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies 2006); An Ancient Israelite Historian (2005); The Retelling of Chronicles in Jewish Tradition and Literature (2009); Fighting over the Bible (2017); Metathesis in the Hebrew Bible (2018); Untersuchungen zur Jüdischen Schriftauslegung und Theologie (2018; Franz Delitzsch Prize 2019); and Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel (2018).