Rosenzweig's Bible: Reinventing Scripture for Jewish Modernity »

Mara H. Benjamin is Assistant Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College. Previously, she was Visiting Lecturer and Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow in Judaic Studies at Yale University and Hazel D. Cole Fellow in Jewish Studies at the University of Washington. Her articles have appeared in Jewish Social Studies and Prooftexts.

Mara Benjamin argues that Rosenzweig's reinvention of scripture illuminates the complex interactions between modern readers and ancient sacred texts.

Introduction: the decline and renewal of scripture;

1. Scripture in the star of redemption;
2. Yehudah Halevi: the creation of a scriptural world;
3. Bible translation and the shaping of German identity;
4. Toward a new encounter with the Bible; Conclusion: scripture today: some considerations.