James Kugel in his 2007 best seller "How to Read the Bible" stated that the gap between academic and traditional Bible study was "unbridgeable". Ben Katz believes that it is not the case. In this session, Ben Katz will show that academic Bible study is not always as scientific as its proponents make it out to be, while at least some medieval Bible commentators are quite critical and 'modern' in outlook. The presenter will also give examples of some of the recent trends towards literary analysis of Scripture.
