What Can Jewish Scholarship Contribute to Jewish Teaching?: The Case of the Rabbinic Tale

• Published in: Journal of Jewish education Vol. 87; no. 1; pp. 78 - 106
• Main Author: Holtz, Barry W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 02.01.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Clergy; Educational Philosophy; Faculty Development; Jews; Judaica; Judaica scholarship; Judaism; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; professional growth of teachers; Religious Education; Scholarship; Scholarships & fellowships; Tales; teachers' subject matter knowledge; Teaching Methods; teaching Rabbinic texts

What does it mean for teachers to "know their subject matter" and what are-or might be-the sources of teachers' knowledge? The article contends that there is an underutilized potential resource for Jewish teachers that Judaica scholarship about classic texts may offer to pedagogy. The...