TEACHING JEWISH STUDIES “UNDER GENTILE AUSPICES” VERSUS THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF RELIGION, INCLUDING JUDAISM: RESPONSE TO ZACHARY BRAITERMAN
Abstract Zachary Braiterman's essay, “Teaching Jewish Studies in a Radically Gentile Space: Some Personal Reflections,” demonstrates the cost of pursuing a secular, postmodernist agendum rather than teaching about a discipline‐‐Judaism‐‐under auspices of the academic study of religion. Braiterman's students did not learn about the richness of Judaic thought, but rather learned about their own opinions. Braiterman's position demands revision.