Teaching Jewish studies "under Gentile auspices" versus the academic studyof religion, including Judaism: Response to Zachary Braiterman

Authors
Neusner, J
Citation
J. Neusner, Teaching Jewish studies "under Gentile auspices" versus the academic studyof religion, including Judaism: Response to Zachary Braiterman, RELIG EDUC, 95(1), 2000, pp. 95-104
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Religion & Tehology
Journal title
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
ISSN journal
00344087 → ACNP
Volume
95
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
95 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-4087(200024)95:1<95:TJS"GA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Zachary Braiterman's essay, "Teaching Jewish Studies in a Radically Gentile Space: Some Personal Reflections," demonstrates the cost of pursuing a sec ular, postmodernist agendum rather than teaching about a discipline-Judaism -under auspices of the academic study of religion. Braiterman's students di d not learn about the richness of Judaic thought, but rather learned about their own opinions. Braiterman's position demands revision.