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Category Archives: Bible
When the Tacit Cannot Stay Tacit: Turner, Shapiro, and the Crisis of Mosaic Authorship
Maimonides’ Principle 8 is an essentialist articulation imposed on a tradition whose operations were tacit. Stephen Turner’s framework, which attacks essentialism in social theory and treats tacit knowledge claims with skepticism, lets us see the move Maimonides made and the … Continue reading
The Boundary at Sinai: Principle 8 as Coalition Technology
Principle eight is the live wire of Orthodox theology today, and Shapiro’s chapter on it is the most explosive in his 2011 book, The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles Reappraised. The Principle holds three claims at once. The … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Danielic Prophetic Authority
Interpreters of the Book of Daniel in the Western tradition do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as fidelity to the visions, loyalty to the prophetic timeline, … Continue reading
Decoding Bible Scholar Bart Ehrman
Per Alliance Theory: Bart Ehrman functions as a high-status defector who provides “cognitive insurance” for those leaving the evangelical alliance. In David Pinsof’s framework, a defector is most valuable when they retain the specialized knowledge of the group they left. … Continue reading
Decoding Jewish New Testament Scholar Amy Jill-Levine
Per Alliance Theory: Amy-Jill Levine functions as a high-status neutral arbiter who manages the inflation of moral threats between competing religious coalitions. According to the framework of David Pinsof, humans use moral language and scholarship to coordinate alliances and attack … Continue reading
Decoding Rabbi Joshua Berman
Per Alliance Theory: Joshua Berman occupies a rare mediator position between Orthodox commitment and academic biblical studies. In Alliance Theory terms, he is a boundary translator trying to keep two uneasy coalitions in limited cooperation. Start with the problem he … Continue reading
The Different Ways Fundamentalist Jews & Christians Struggle With Modernity
Fundamentalist Christians navigate the same alliance pressures as the Haredi world. Both groups face a modern world that claims jurisdiction over their sacred texts. However, their strategies for managing epistemic defeat differ based on their relationship to the Bible and … Continue reading
Decoding Bible Scholar Richard Elliott Friedman
Per Alliance Theory: Richard Elliott Friedman treats the Torah as the physical record of a series of ancient political mergers. He argues that the Pentateuch is not a single voice but a library of competing visions that were forced together … Continue reading
Decoding Jacob Milgrom
Jacob Milgrom was a scholar of the priestly tradition. He moved the study of Leviticus from the periphery of biblical scholarship to the center of ethical inquiry. His work challenges the older view that priestly law consists of dry, mechanical … Continue reading
‘LOL Nothing Matters’ Is A Great Summary Of The Biblical Book Of Ecclesiastes
I’m always looking to reconcile my disparate perspectives and make them Godly. Gemini: It’s essentially the “Ancient Near East” version of a nihilistic shrug, but with a much better wardrobe and a bit more existential dread. If you look at … Continue reading