Nehama leibowitz teacher and bible scholar on book

After 10 years of labored love, the biography nehama leibowitz. Nehama leibowitz 19051997, wellrespected and much loved teacher and bible scholar. Interview with yael unterman, the hidden of things her new. This enormous project was undertaken by yael unterman, an israeli scholar currently lecturing and writing in the area of contemporary jewish studies. Yael unterman is a creative educator and author living in jerusalem. A woman who gained accomplished rabbis as her students, leibowitz is considered among the great torah scholars of the 20th century. Impressions of the life and teaching of nehama leibowitz. One of the items is that after reading the memoir, one feels as if they really know the subject. In each section, unterman provides extensive background and then takes you through the subject with copious references to published materials and the seemingly endless. Teacher and bible scholar is actually quite instructive, especially when compared with another recent book on the same subject. I just came across a very interesting book, nehama leibowitz. By the authors own admission, the biography of the first prominent.

This article appears in issue 4 of conversations, the journal of the institute for jewish ideas and ideals. She has lectured and taught worldwide and has authored a new book, nehama leibowitz. Teacher and bible scholar was a 2009 national jewish book award finalist winner in the category of modern jewish thought and experience. Project muse nehama leibowitz, teacher and bible scholar. The recent biography by yael unterman, nehama leibowitz. Nechama leibowitz project gutenberg selfpublishing. Professor nehama leibowitz 1905 1997, winner of the israel prize in education, was a unique figure in the twentieth century jewish landscape. Nehama leibowitz, teacher and bible scholar, urim publications, jerusalem, 2009. Teacher and bible scholar, published in 2009, tells the story of a distinguished looking ultraorthodox man who asked to sit in on her class at the efrata college, a religious teacher training p rogram in the baka neighborhood of jerusalem formerly the mizrachi college for women. Nehama leibowitz was born in 1905 in riga, latvia, to mordechai and freyda leibowitz.

Leibowitz 19051997, an extraordinary woman who paved the way for women to be full participants in the discourse of jewish textual study, is certainly worthy of a comprehensive biography. The result is a fascinating, indepth exploration of a leading bible scholar, and renowned and revered teacher. Born in 1905 in riga, latvia, nehama leibowitz grew up in a family that valued both jewish and secular culture. She wrote a bestselling series, studies in the weekly torah portion, and provided a onewoman correspondence course in bible, using her famous gilyonot worksheets, for more than thirty years. Here i will limit myself to the story of her early years. This book is a new extensive and updated biography of prof. Biography torah teacher a revolution of the old israeli. She was in the forefront of women torah teachers, and influenced not only jewish individuals worldwide, but also those who were not jewish. Apr 28, 2014 in the process, i came into contact with his daughter the fascinating author yael unterman. Teacher and bible scholar, by yael unterman, is an extremely welldocumented book encompassing the varied facets of the life of nehama leibowitz she was in the forefront of women torah teachers, and influenced not only jewish individuals worldwide, but also those who were not jewish. Yael untermans recently published volume, nehama leibowitz, teacher and bible scholar, is a welcome addition to the series modern jewish lives.

She uses bibliodrama, a spontaneous midrash roleplaying technique invented by dr. Most of my readers know her from her award finalist book, the over 600 page labor of love nehama leibowitz. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Through hundreds of anecdotes and memories, told by leibowitzs. Professor nehama leibowitz praise for nehama leibowitz. Teacher and bible scholar finally came to print and proves to be well worth the wait. There are numerous lists that detail on what makes for a really good biography. While she was a most enigmatic and private person, one does. Teacher and bible scholar is an enduring resource for scholars engaged in recovery of female bible interpreters in the past and present. Teacher and bible scholar urim publications, yael unterman has written a brilliant account of nehamas life. Teacher and bible scholar at the wayback machine archived april 19, 2009 unterman 2009 p257 heblish israel prize official site recipients in 1956 in. The author, yael unterman, worked on this book for 10 years and it spans 600 pages.

Teacher and bible scholar 2009 national jewish book awards finalist and the hidden of things. The author, yael unterman, worked on this book for ten years and it spans 600 pages. Nehama leibowitz is the author of studies in bereshit 4. Jun 16, 2009 the recent biography by yael unterman, nehama leibowitz. The life of nehama leibowitz yedioth ahronoth and chemed books, 2008. And if, god forbid, the torah should be pushed to the sidewhether its stories and laws, its teachings and ideas, its guidance and beautybecause of overemphasis on parshanim, then any small gain my book achieves will be lost at a greater expense nehama leibowitz. Teacher and bible scholar, a new generation can appreciate the nechamas genius and insights, and return those books to popularity, where they belong. This question is thoroughly and lovingly explored in tales of nehama, by lea abramowitz. Jun 19, 2009 df is however raising an important point, which was that nehama saw herself primarily as a teacher, not a scholar. Teacher and bible scholar, by yael unterman, is an extremely welldocumented book encompassing the varied facets of the life of nehama leibowitz.

For the english reader looking to understand nechama, her contributions to chumash and tanach, untermans biography is a most enlightening read. Moreover, the rare explicit messages regarding femininity expressed in her lessons are traditional, reflecting patriarchal, essentialist conceptions kauffman, 210. So did her academic peers, which was why she was appointed professor of bible education at tel aviv university, not of bible though this was also to do with her avoidance of biblical criticism, i believe. In 1919 the family moved to berlin, where the young nehama taught bible in jewish schools, wrote articles on methods of teaching bible in hebrew ivrit bivrit, and studied for her. Teacher and bible scholar, yael unterman has written a brilliant account of nehamas life. The simple, oneword epitaph on her gravestone morah teacher belies the impressive achievements of nehama leibowitz 19051997, but also speaks volumes. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Yet, beyond making these works accessible to english speakers, studies in the weekly parashah based on the lessons of nechama leibowitz provides added value to those familiar with nechamas iyunim by at times making explicit some methodologies that are left implicit in nechamas own writings. See chapter 14, on nehamas femininity and feminism, in my book nehama leibowitz, teacher and bible scholar.