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material, from the point of view of the four commonplaces of education enumerated
by Joseph Schwab: the subject matter, the teacher, the student and the milieu; (b)
different ways of reading biblical miracle stories, based on modern hermeneutical
theories, as well as classical Jewish sources; (c) the application of reading strategies to
teaching techniques, taking into account the demands and needs of the
commonplaces, as found in the mamad.
One might have thought that the the teaching of biblical miracle stories in the
mamad as literal historical events would not create particular difficulties, inasmuch as
the average mamad student presumably believes in an omnipotent God who
intervenes freely in the natural world. In addition, the regnant hermeneutic approach
in the Orthodox milieu is the literal reading, and other approaches are often treated
with suspicion. Nevertheless, a closer observation of the mamad student body reveals
a more complex picture of their make-up and belief system, and their approach to
biblical miracle stories is not as straightforward as might appear at first blush. In truth,
biblical miracle stories have challenged readers from earliest times, and these
challenges are not just a product of the twenty-first century, or of a secular worldview.
In analyzing the problems attendant to the study of these stories, we will utilize M.
Rosenak`s (1976) categories of first-order and second-order questions. First-order
questions will relate to "internal" problems of
biblical miracles, namely, inner
contradictions within a story, or contradictions between the message of a biblical
miracle story and other biblical ideas. For example, if the Bible presents the creation
as a perfect order which is to maintain itself henceforward, a miracle that disrupts the
natural order can be perceived as pointing to the imperfection both of the system and
of its Creator, who has to "tinker" with the universe in order to provide the needs of
its inhabitants or to carry out the divine plan. Second-order questions will relate to the
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