Marc B. Shapiro

Dr. Marc B. Shapiro (born 1966) holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton and is the author of various books and articles on Jewish history, philosophy, and theology. His writings often challenge the bounds of the conventional Orthodox understanding of Judaism using academic methodology while adhering to Modern Orthodox sensibilities. Shapiro is a popular on-line lecturer for Torah in Motion.

Shapiro received his BA at Brandeis University and his PhD at Harvard University, where he was the last of the students of the late Prof. Isadore Twersky.

Books Authored

• Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox
• The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides' Thirteen Principles Reappraised
• Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966
• Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters (Scranton, 2008)
• Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History (scheduled for 2011)
• Ed. Kitvei Ha-Gaon Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, 2 vols (Scranton, 1999, 2004)

External Resources

• Shapiro posts at The Seforim Blog
• Shapiro lecture at Yeshiva University - A Non-Orthodox Traditional Approach: Reflections on the Authority of the Moroccan Rabbinate (Seforim Blog).
• Shapiro lecture - Sephardic and Ashkenazic Approaches to Halakhah
• Shapiro lecture - Some Recent Discussions of Jewish Dogma
• Marc B. Shapiro lectures at Torah in Motion
• Marc B. Shapiro archive at YU Torah Online
• "Response to a Hagiographer's Review"
• "The Moroccan Rabbinic Conferences"
• "המחלוקת על הרבנות בפרנקפורט"
• "Mi-Yosef ad Yosef Lo Kam ke-Yosef"
• "?האם יש מקום להתיר את הפלגש"
• "Talmud Study in the Modern Era: From Wissenschaft and Brisk to Daf Yomi"
• "נשים במרוקו - עדותו של הרב שלמה משאש זצ"ל"
• "'Confrontation': A Mixed Legacy"
• "The Lithuanian Yeshivot: Yesterday and Today"
• "Of Books and Bans"
• "בענין לימוד תורה בליל ניטל"
• Review of David Zohar's book on R. Hayyim Hirschensohn
• "אודות הפולמוס בענין אתרוגי קורפו"
• "Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg on the Limits of Halakhic Development"
• "Maimonides Thirteen Principles: The Last Word in Jewish Theology?"
• "Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer's Program of Torah u-Madda"
• "Rabbi David Zevi Hoffmann on Torah and Wissenschaft"
• "Scholars and Friends: Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg and Professor Samuel Atlas"
• "Torah im Derekh Eretz in the Shadow of Hitler"
• "Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Friedrich von Schiller"
• כתבי הגאון רבי יחיאל יעקב וויינברג, חלק א
• "אגרת בקורת על ישיבת אייזנשטט"
• "Rabbi Joseph Messas"
• "האם מותר להכנס לכנסיה"
• Review Essay of Avi Sagi and Zvi Zohar, Transforming Identity
• Review of Shaul Stampfer, Families, Rabbis and Education
• Review of Hayim Tawil and Bernard Schneider, Crown of Aleppo

• Credo 13 television series
• Jewish Press interview
• Luke Ford's excerpts from Shapiro's lectures and blogs
• Marc B. Shapiro's website

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