The making of the modern Jewish Bible : how scholars in Germany Israel and America transformed an ancient text Spinoza as Jewish Bible critic pt. 1. The emergence of modern Jewish Bible studies in Germany. Introduction : starting with Germany Mendelssohns Bible : the ideal of Jewish self sufficiency Samson Raphael Hirsch : the chimera of self explanatory Scripture Benno Jacob and the call for a Jewish Bible scholarship The Martin Buber Franz Rosenzweig Bible : culture or religion pt. 2. Zionism and the creation of a national Bible. Introduction : the Bible in modern Israel Early Zionism and the Bible : Ahad Haam and his opponents The Bible as national linchpin : David Ben Gurion and his opponents Nehema Leibowitzs Bible : returning tradition to the text pt. 3. The flowering of Jewish Bible studies in North America. Introduction : America and the Jewish Bible Finding a Jewish voice : Nahim Sarna and Robert Alter Seeking an American Jewish Bible Conclusion: Is there a Jewish School of modern Bible study