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1. “The Camel in the Patriarchal Narrative,” Yavneh Review 6(1967), pp. 16-26.	60. “Dwarfs on the Shoulders of Giants,” Tradition 27(1993), n. 3, pp. 90-94.
2. “Abarbanel and the Censor,” Journal of Jewish Studies 19(1968), pp. 49-61.	61. Editor, R. Jonathan Eibeschuetz, קונטרס דרשות יהונתן, Brooklyn, 1994.
3. "הערה על לשון תמוה בתוספות קדושין יח:" Hadarom 28(1968), pp. 250-251.	62. “Rabbi Joseph Carlebach: Wuerzburg and Jerusalem: A Conversation Between Rabbi Seligmann Baer Bamberger and Rabbi Shmuel Salant,” Tradition 28(1994), n. 2, pp. 58-63.
4. “The Campus Problem and Jewish Education,” Jewish Life 35(March-April 1968), pp. 22-28.	63. “Rabbi Abraham Isaac Ha-Kohen Kook: Invocation at the Inauguration Of the Hebrew University,” Tradition 29(1994), n. 1, pp. 87-92.
5. Review of reissue of S. Frensdorff’s Die Massora Magna, with a prole by G. E. Weil, in Journal of Biblical Literature 89(1969), pp. 236-237.	64. "אקדמות מלין" to reissue of R. Yisrael Isserel, אסיפת חכמים (Offenbach, 1722 edition), New York, 1995, pp. 1-11.
6. The Talmudic and Midrashic Evidence for the Canonization of Hebrew Scripture. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, 1970.	65. “Reflections on the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin,” published November 26, 1995 on Mail-Jewish 22:20; also available on Mail-Jewish website Special Topics page.
7. Translation of, and notes to, G. Alon’s Hebrew essay “The Lithuanian Yeshivas,” in J. Goldin, ed., The Jewish Expression, Bantam Books, New York, 1970, pp. 448-464.	66. “The Architect of the Jewish Response to Modernity,” in the Jamie Lehmann Memorial Volume, Jamie Lehmann Memorial Foundation: New York, 1996, pp. 13-22.
8. Review of reissue of Jacob b. Hayyim Ibn Adonijah, Introduction to the Rabbinic Bible, and Elias Levita, Massoreth ha-Massoreth, with a prolegomenon by N.H. Snaith, in Journal of Biblical Literature 89(1970), pp. 477-478.	67. “Response to Rabbi Breuer,” is S. Carmy, ed., Modern Scholarship in the Study of the Torah, Jason Aronson Press: Northvale, 1996, pp. 181-187.
9. Review of Eliezer Berkovits, Man and God: Studies in Biblical Theology, Wayne State University Press, 1969, in Tradition 11(1971), pp. 121-127.	68. "ספרים חשודים בשבתאות: רשימתו של הגאון יעב"ץ זצ"ל" in R. Rosenbaum, ed., ספר הזכרון לרבי משה ליפשיץ, New York, 1996, pp. 885-894.
10. Entries: “Bernfeld, S.”; “Cohn, J.”; “Karman, M.”; “Levi, E.H.”; “Morgenstern, L.”; and “Van Praagh, W.” in the Encyclopaedia Judaica, Jerusalem, 1972.	69. “Mishnat Hasidim and the Siddur of R. Isaac Luria,” introduction to the reissue of R. Immanuel Hai Ricchi, משנת חסידים (Amsterdam, 1764 edition) New York, 1996.
11. “Yavenh Studies in Naso,” in J. Wolowelsky, ed., Yavneh Studies in Parshat Ha-Shavua Bemidbar, New York, 1972, pp. 3-7.	70.”Yissakhar Once Again,” published January 1, 1997 on Mail-Jewish 25:64; also available on Mail-Jewish website Special Topics page.
12. Entry “Jewish Religious Year” in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Chicago, 1974.	71. “Rabbi Shimon Schwab: A Letter Regarding the “Frankfurt” Approach,”Tradition 31(1997), n. 3, pp. 71-77.
13. Bibliographical entries for “Israel Baal Shem” and “Isaac Luria” in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Chicago, 1974.	72. “Rabbinic Openness to General Culture in the Early Modern Period in Western and Central Europe,” in J.J. Schacter, ed., Judaism’s Encounter with Other Cultures, Jason Aronson Inc.: Nothvale, 1997, pp. 142-216.
14. Editor of a collection of scholarly essays on canon and masorah entitled: The Canon and Masorah of the Hebrew Bible: An Introductory Reader, in Ktav’s Library of Biblical Studies, under the general editorship of H.M. Orlinsky, New York, 1974.	73. “R. Israel Lipshutz and the Mouse That is Half Flesh and Half Earth: A Note on Torah u-Madda in the Nineteenth Century,” in Yaakov Elman and Jeffrey S. Gurock, eds., Hazon Nahum (Norman Lamm Festschrift), New York, 1997,pp. 449-458.
15. “The Inverted Nuns at Numbers 10:35-36 and the Book of Eldad and Medad,” in Journal of Biblical Literature 93(1974), pp. 348-355.	74. “Masorah and Halakhah: A Study in Conflict,” in Mordechai Cogan, Barry L. Eichler, and Jefffrey H. Tigay, eds., Tehillah le-Moshe (Moshe Greenberg Festschrift), Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake, 1997, pp. 291-306.
16." הערות שונות על לשון "גנז" בדברי חז"ל" in Y. Pollak, ed., עלי באר, New York, 1974, pp. 81-87.	75. “R. David Friesenhausen: Advocate of the Copernican Theory,” introduction to the reissue of R. David Friesenhausen, מוסדות תבל (Vienna, 1820 edition),New York, 1997.
17. Review of Charles Liebmann, Aspects of Religious Behavior of American Jews, New York, 1974, in the Reprint Bulletin, 1975.	76. ",חמשה חומשי תורה ממקראות גדולות"introduction to the reissue of R. Uri Shraga Faivush’s edition of the Masorah in חמשה חומשי תורה ממקראות גדולות (Dubrovno, 1804 edition), New York, 1998.
18. Review of William LaSor, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament, Grand Rapids, 1972, in Supplement to the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, June 1975, pp. 324-325.	77. “Note on the Alleged Portrait of R. Saul Morteira,” in D. Sperber, מנהגי ישראל, vol. 6, Jerusalem, 1998, pp. 17-19.
19. The Canonization of Hebrew Scripture: The Talmudic and Midrashic Evidence, Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hamden, Conn., 1976.	78. “Who is Buried in the Vilna Gaon’s Tomb,” Jewish Action, Winter 1998, pp. 36-41.
20. “Jewish Ethics 1970-1975: Retrospect and Prospect,” in Religious Studies Review 2(1976), n. 2, pp. 16-22.	79. Review of Philip R. Davies, Scribes and Schools: The Canonization of Hebrew Scriptures (1998), in Jewish Quarterly Review 90(2000), pp. 476-482.
21. Review of Marvin Fox, ed., Modern Jewish Ethics:Theory and Practice, Ohio State University Press: Columbus, 1975, in Religious Studies 13(1977), pp. 106-108.	80. “Stosunek Jonatana Eibeschutza do ruchu frankistow w Polsce,” in M. Galas, ed., Duchowosc Zydowska W Polsce, Krakow, 2000, pp. 229-236 (in Polish).
22. “Toward a History of New Haven’s Jewish Community,” in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, September and October 1977.	81. The Adventure of the Maharal of Prague in London: R. Yudl Rosenberg and the Golem of Prague, Touro College: New York, 2000.
23. “Subsidized Abortion: Response to a Call,” in Sh’ma, December 9, 1977, pp. 197-200.	82. “When a Rabbi is Accused of Heresy: The Stance of the Gaon of Vilna in the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy,” in E. Fleischer et al, eds., Me’ah She’arim: Studies in Medieval Jewish Spiritual Life in Memory of Isadore Twersky, Jerusalem, 2001, pp. 251-263.
24. “The Karen Ann Quinlan Case: A Jewish Perspective,” in the Gratz Annual of Jewish Studies 6(1977), pp. 43-50.	83. “The Adventure of the Maharal of Prague in London: R. Yudl Rosenberg and the Golem of Prague,” Tradition 36:1(2002), pp. 26-58 (revised version of entry 81).
25. Review of Jonathan P. Siegel, The Severus Scroll and 1QIsa, Missoula, 1975, in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion 46(1978), pp. 73-74.	84. "אקדמות מלין" to reissue of M. Nehmad, מאמר חקירה על כתר ארם-צובה (Aleppo, 1933) and Y. Gefner, קונטרס עבודת יום הכפורים (Warsaw, 1903), Brooklyn, 2002, pp. 1-10.
26. “The Ethics of Lottery,” in the Kennedy Institute Quarterly Report 4(1978), pp. 8-11.	85. “Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz’ Attitude Towards the Frankists,” Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry 15(2002), pp. 145-151.
27. “Critique of Louis Jacobs,” in M.M. Kellner, ed., Contemporary Jewish Ethics, Sanhedrin Press: New York, 1978, pp. 58-60.	86. “The Wisdom of R. Hayyim of Volozhin,” Tradition 36:4(2002), pp. 107-110.
28. “Human In Vitro Fertilization: A Jewish Perspective,” in In Vitro Fertilization, a publication of the Ethics Advisory Board of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C., 1979, pp. 1-4.	87. "אקדמות מלין" to reissue of P.Z. Horowitz, אהבת תורה (Cracow, 1905), Brooklyn, 2003, pp. 1-2.
29. “Introduction to a Symposium on Jewish Ethics,” Journal of Religious Ethics 8(1980), n. 2, pp. 177-179.	88."ואת כל אשר אצוה אותך: Was Rashi’s Torah Scroll Flawed?,” Judaic Studies 2(2003), pp. 3-21.
30. “Inspiration and Canonicity: Reflections on the Formation of the Biblical Canon,” in E.P Sanders, ed., Jewish and Christian Self-Definition, Fortress Press: Philadelphia, 1981, vol. 2, pp. 56-63.	89. “The Day Vilna Died,” Tradition 37:2(2003), pp. 88-92.
31. "פירוש הגאון רבי יהונתן אייבשיץ לקצת אגדות ממסכת ברכות" in אור המזרח 29(1981), pp. 418-428.	90. “The Adventure of the Maharal of Prague in London: R. Yudel Rosenberg and the Golem of Prague,” Judaic Studies 3(2004), pp. 3-43 (revised version of entries 81 and 83).
32. “Hazon Ish on Textual Criticism and Halakhah: A Rejoinder,” in Tradition 19(1981), pp. 301-310.	91. “Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz and the Porger,” Judaic Studies 4(2004), pp. 3-29.
33. "תמונתו של רבי שאול מורטירא" in עלי ספר 10(1982), pp. 153-155, 161.	92. “A Note on the Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Spektor Medallion,” Shekel 38:2(2005), pp. 26-27.
34. “Symposium on the State of Orthodoxy,” in Tradition 20(1982), pp. 43-47.	93. "תשובה לרב ברויאר" in Y. Ofer, ed., שיטת הבחינות של הרב מרדכי ברויאר, Tevunot Alon Shvut, 2005, pp. 287-294.
35. "אחרוני הפרשנים בספרד ופרובנס" in אנציקלופדיה מקראית, Jerusalem, 1982, vol. 8, columns 708-713.	94. "הסכמות רבי יהונתן אייבשיץ ורבי יעקב עמדין" in אור המזרח 51(2005), pp. 169-203.
36. “The Scroll of Fasts: The Ninth of Tebeth,” Jewish Quarterly Review 74(1983), pp. 174-195.	95. “New Evidence on the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy: The Amulets From Metz” in Revue des Etudes Juives 165(2006), pp. 229-249 (together with Simon Schwarzfuchs).
37. “Therapeutic Homicide: A Philosophic and Halakhic Critique of Harris’ Survival Lottery,” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 8(1983), pp. 257-267.	96. “Two Cases of Non-Jews with Rabbinic Ordination: One Real and One Imaginary” in Tradition Seforim Blog, November 16, 2006 (Seforim.traditiononline.com)
38. “כתבו על קרן השור“ in Y. Pollak, ed., ,עלי באר, New York, 1985, vol. 2, pp. 109- 113.	97. “A Puzzling Passage in a Book Intended for Jewish Children, with a Tentative Bibliography of ספרי קודש that Treat the Mitzvah of Answering “Amen,” in Traditon Seforim Blog, November 22, 2006 (Seforim.traditiononline.com).
39. “The Baal Teshuvah and the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy,” Judaic Studies 1(1985), pp. 1-26.	98. “Did a Disciple of the Maharal Create a Golem?” in Tradition Seforim Blog, February 8, 2007 (Seforim.traditiononline.com).
40. “R. Israel Lipschutz and the Portrait of Moses Controversy,” in I. Twersky, ed., Danzig: Between East and West, Harvard University Press: Cambridge, 1985, pp. 51-63.	99. “R. Raphael of Bershad’s Commitment to Truth,” Tradition 40:1(2007), pp. 79-86.
41. “Josephus and the Canon of the Bible,” in L. Feldman and G. Hata, eds., Josephan Studies, Yamamoto Shoten: Tokyo, 1985, vol. 3, pp. 341-355 (in Japanese).	100. “The New Encyclopaedia Judaica: Some Preliminary Observations,” in Tradition Seforim Blog, June 5, 2007 (Seforim.traditiononline.com).
42. “Torah Scholarship Since the Holocaust,” Jewish Book Annual 43(1985-6), pp. 45-55.	101. Rabbinic Responses to Modernity, Kew Gardens Hills, 2007 (= Judaic Studies 5[2007], pp. 1-122).
43. "הסכמות שצונזרו" in עלי ספר 12(1986), pp. 134-135.	102. “Rabbi Yehiel Yaakov Weinberg: In Praise of Esther Rubinstein,” Tradition 40:3 ( 2007), pp. 42-48.
44. “Jewish Ethical Teaching and Technological Advance,” in F.E. Greenspahn, ed., Contemporay Ethical Issues in the Jewish and Christian Traditions, Ktav Publishing House: Hoboken, 1986, pp. 9-29.	103. “Some Notes on the Pinner Affair” in Tradition Seforim Blog, February 25, 2008 (Seforim.traditiononline.com).
45. “Tishah Be-Av at the University of Leipzig,” Jewish Studies Network 2(1988), n.2, pp. 12-14.	104. "אקדמות מלין” to reissue of R. Yitzchok Eizik of Zlotchov, שפת אמת (Lemberg, 1861 edition), New York, 2008, pp. 1-6.
46. “Rabbi Abraham Isaac Ha-Kohen Kook: Letter on Ahavat Yisrael,” Tradition 24(1988), n.1, pp. 84-90.	105. “When a Rabbi is Accused of Heresy: The Stance of Rabbi Jacob Joshua Falk in the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy,” in Daniel Frank and Matt Goldish, eds., Rabbinic Culture and Its Critics (Wayne State University Press: Detroit, 2008), pp. 435-456
47. “Josephus and the Canon of the Bible,” in L.H. Feldman and G. Hata, eds., Josephus, the Bible, and History, Wayne State University Press: Detroit, 1989, pp. 50-58.	106. “Three Lists of Students Studying at the Volozhin Yeshiva in 1879,” in Michael A. Shmidman, ed., Turim: Studies in Jewish History and Literature Presented to Dr. Bernard Lander, Touro College Press: New York, 2008, vol. 2, pp. 1-24 (together with Genrich Agranovsky).
48. “When a Rabbi is Accused of Heresy: R. Ezekiel Landau’s Attitude Toward R. Jonathan Eibeschuetz in the Emden-Eibeschuetz Controversy,” in J. Neusner et al, eds., From Ancient Israel to Modern Judaism (Essays in Honor of Marvin Fox), Brown Judaic Studies: Atlanta, 1989, vol. 3, pp. 179-194.	107. “Judith Ish-Kishor: This Too Shall Pass,” in Tradition 41:1(2008), pp. 71-77.
49. “R. Moses Schick: The Hatam’s Sofer’s Attitude toward Mendelssohn’s Biur,” Tradition 24(1989), n. 3, pp. 83-86.	108. “Did Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer Label Rabbi Zechariah Frankel ‘an Apostate’?,” Tradition 41:2 (2008), pp. 145-154.
50. “Rabbi Israel Lipschutz: The Portrait of Moses,” Tradition 24(1989), n. 4, pp. 91-98.	109. “Notes on Rabbinic Epitaphs: I,” in Tradition Seforim Blog, September 23, 2008 (Seforim.traditiononline.org).
51. “Montague Lawrence Marks: In a Jewish Bookstore,” Tradition 25(1989), n. 1, pp. 59-69.	110. “The Lost Meaning of Deuteronomy 33:2 as Preserved in the Palestinian Targum to the Decalogue,” in Nili Sacher Fox et al, eds., Mishneh Todah: Studies in Deuteronomy and its Cultural Environment in Honor of Jeffrey H. Tigay, Eisenbrauns:Winona Lake, 2009, pp. 157-166 (together with Richard C. Steiner).
52. "ספר תוכחה מגולה מהגה"ק ר' יונתן זצלה"ה" in עלי ספר 16(1989-1990), pp. 145- 148.	111. “Birkat Ha-Hammah in the Old Jewish Cemetery of Frankfurt,” in Tradition Seforim Blog, April 6, 2009 (Seforim.traditiononline.org).
53. “Mrs. Jonathan Eibeschuetz’ Epitaph: A Grave Matter Indeed,” in L. Landman, ed., Scholars and Scholarship, Yeshiva University Press: New York, 1990, pp. 133-143.	112. "ברכת החמה בבית הקברות שבפרנקפורט: לתולדות מנהג שלא היה ושלא נברא" inאור ישראל 14:4(2009), pp. 224-232 (Hebrew version of entry 111).
54. “Yeshivat Or ha-Hayyim: The First Talmudical Seminary in America?,” Tradition 25(1990), n. 2, pp. 77-89.
55. “Rabbi Leopold Greenwald: Tish’ah be-Av at the University of Leipzig,” Tradition 25(1991), n. 4, pp. 103-106.
56. The Canonization of Hebrew Scripture: The Talmudic and Midrashic Evidence. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, New Haven, 1991 (second edition, first paperback edition, with new foreword and bibliography).
57. “Esther Hildesheimer Calvary: The Hildesheimers in Eisenstadt,” Tradition 26(1992), n. 3, pp. 87-92 (together with Gertrude Hirschler).
58. “Rabbi David Friedman of Karlin: The Ban on Secular Study in Jerusalem,” Tradition 26(1992), n. 4, pp. 102-105.	Last update: July 14, 2009
59. “Rabbi Jacob Horowitz on the Study of Scripture,” Tradition 27(1992), n. 1, pp. 68-70.