Introducing the contextual orientation to Bible: A Comparative Study

A Menu of Orientations to the Teaching of Rabbinic Literature

“…8 I discuss the contextual orientation in greater detail in Levisohn (2008), from which this paragraph is adapted.…”

“…See the discussion of this point, made by "Moshe," inLevisohn (2008).20 This parenthetical remark is intended to emphasize the point made above about the inadequacy of ideology as an analytical lens through which to understand pedagogy. I do not mean to suggest that religious ideology is irrelevant to pedagogy, of course.…”

Contextualizing Community in Teacher Bible Talk

“…In recent years much has been written about the teaching of Bible in Jewish education, ranging from particular approaches to the teaching and learning of Bible (Holtz, 2003(Holtz, , 2008Levisohn, 2008), to the focus on the interrelationships among teachers' tacit knowledge, personal beliefs, and teaching practices (Aldouby-Shuck, 2008;Dorph, 1993;Greenstein, 2009;Shkedi, 2001). These important studies have illuminated the evolving and negotiating nature of Bible teaching, but have largely focused on pedagogical and curricular questions.…”