Abstract
This paper grew out of the author’s presentation, “On the Pedagogy of Bible in the Thought of Solomon Schechter”,
which he presented at the 2005 conference on Teaching Bible sponsored by the Mandel Center. Here, the author
describes and analyzes Schechter’s attitudes and writings regarding the Bible, shedding light on his journey from
the yeshiva to the academy. It highlights Schechter’s attempt to find a “third way” between traditionalists’
rejection of biblical criticism and the scientific study of the Bible that was often dominated by anti-semitic
practitioners. The paper surfaces and explores Schechter’s approach to questions that are simultaneously
philosophically important and practically relevant for teachers of Bible in liberal Jewish educational settings.