Authors: Shmuel Peerless
ISBN-13: 9789657108550, ISBN-10: 9657108551
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Urim Publications
Date Published: April 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Systematically presents Nechama Leibowitz's unique approach to Bible instruction, organizing her methodological teachings and pedagogical techniques in a manner that makes them easily accessible to teachers and students of textual study alike. The information provided in this work is collected and extrapolated from Nechama Leibowitz's lectures and published writings. Nechama Leibowitz has become widely recognized as one of the most influential Bible scholars of the 20th century, and guided many students through the presentation of selections from the Torah text and accompanying commentaries along with probing questions designed to guide the readers through a textual analysis that would deepen their understanding of the passage.
Foreword | 7 | |
I | Nechama Leibowitz's methodology : an overview | 11 |
II | Introducing the unit | 17 |
III | The role of Midrash in Torah instruction | 23 |
IV | Using the commentators : asking the right questions | 33 |
V | Use of comparative texts : [actual symbol not reproducible] | 45 |
VI | Textual difficulties : [actual symbol not reproducible] | 59 |
VII | Biblical literary style : [actual symbol not reproducible] | 99 |
VIII | Model lesson I - a legal section : [actual symbol not reproducible] | 117 |
IX | Model lesson II - a narrative section : [actual symbol not reproducible] | 145 |
Sources | 163 | |
App. 1 | Common textual difficulties | 173 |
App. 2 | Nechama remembered : [actual symbol not reproducible] | 175 |
App. 3 | Bibliography - Nechama Leibowitz's published works | 180 |