Jeffrey Spitzer Articles By Jeffrey Spitzer
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Eating Matzah At the Seder
The bread of poverty has a rich history in Rabbinic literature.
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Israel as Estranged Wives and Widows
The metaphor of Israel as the wife of God receives several potent and shocking midrashic reinterpretations as the rabbis reflect on Israel's suffering and persecution.
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The Torah of Moses
Although modern traditionalist Judaism uniformly affirms the divinity of the Torah, classical sources disagree on what role Moses had in the actual production of the Torah.
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Jewish Pseudepigraphy
To earn respect, a genre of Jewish texts assigns authorship to biblical figures and sages of previous eras.
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The Noahide Laws
Seven commandments which, according to Jewish tradition, are incumbent upon all of humankind.
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Welcoming the Convert into the Family of Israel
Israel's responsibilities toward converts begin with equal protection, but ultimately require the full integration of the convert into the family of Israel.
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Jeremiah 7: The Israelites’ "Edifice Complex"
The prophet takes on the people's mistaken assumption that they can safely persist in unethical behavior--and that God would never destroy the Temple.
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Preventing Dependency
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." How many fish do we buy, and how many nets?
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After the First Temple
Jewish history was permanently altered by the destruction of the First Temple, and the exile that came afterwards.
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How to Treat Holy Jewish Books
Jews demonstrate the holiness of biblical and rabbinic texts in several ways.
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