2025

‘When Judah Met Tamar: Jewish and Christian Views Across the Ages’ CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 72(2): 56-67.

‘Gehazi’s Active Post-Biblical Afterlife: Three Views’ Biblical Theology Bulletin 55(2): 96-107.

‘Defying Death: Abraham and Moses in Jewish Antiquity,’ The Asbury Theological Journal 80(1): 162-178.

‘Eldad and Medad: The Men Who Were Not There’ Jewish Bible Quarterly 53(2): 126-132.

'Fictional Rabbi Sleuths: A Novel Idea' (with Anat Koplowitz-Breier) Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 1–20.

2024

'Exodus 32:7-14. God to Moses, “your people.” Moses to God, “(No) Your people.”: Explanations Across the Ages' Biblical Theology Bulletin 54(4): 260-272.

"Isaac Knows He Is Blessing Jacob: Who Is Really Being Deceived?" (Toldot) TheTorah.com.

“Viewing Vashti: As Victim, As Villain, and as Venerated” Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 20(1): 1-16.

‘Tamar Triumphant and the Deception of Judah: Contemporary Scholarship/Feminist Views’ Jewish Bible Quarterly 52(3): 177-183.

'Idolizing Aaron: Aaron Defended or Disparaged?' Biblical Theology Bulletin 54(2): 89-100.

'Unrequited Lust: Potiphar's Wife and Joseph -- Examining Jewish and Christian Views' Journal of Ecumenical Studies 59(1): 85-105.

'Women-Rabbi Fiction in the 21st Century: An Update' Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 20(1): 1-32.

2023

"Josephus’ Views on the Medium of Endor" Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 37(2): 290-298.

'Malamud’s Modern Midrash: "Idiot’s First"' CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 70(4): 85-92.

'2 Kings 5: A Chiastic Quintet' The Asbury Journal 78(2): 397-412.

"Why did Cain Kill Abel?" (B’reishit) TheTorah.com (Repeated from 2022)

'Tamar Triumphant: Targumim’ Jewish Bible Quarterly 51(2): 126-32.

'Tamar Triumphant: Rewritten Bibles' Jewish Bible Quarterly 51(1): 53-61.

2022

"Reading Esther as Abigail Redux" Biblical Theology Bulletin 52(3): 131-35. 

"What’s the Story with “fictional” Women Rabbis?" Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 18(1): 1-33. 

"Jephthah: Faithful Fighter; Faithless Father: Ancient and Contemporary Views" Biblical Theology Bulletin 52(1): 37-47.

“God Called: Abraham! Abraham!, Jacob! Jacob!, Moses! Moses!, Samuel! Samuel!” Jewish Bible Quarterly 50(1): 36-42.

"Sperm Donation and Surrogacy in the Time When the Judges Judged” CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 69(1): 12-22.

2021

“Abigail and Abel’s Wise Woman: Comparisons and Contrasts” with Noam Zion, Jewish Bible Quarterly 49(4): 263-272. 

“Review Article: History of the World’s Scriptures: A Call for Mutual Respect” [The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts, by Karen Armstrong], Biblical Theological Bulletin 51(3): 163-67.

“Abigail of Maon and the Wise Woman of Abel: Speaking Truth to Power” with Noam Zion, Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 17(2): 1-26.

“Promoting Empowerment: ‘Give Me Your Hand’ – Whose Hand/What Goal?” Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 75 (2): 119-125.

"Four Women in Samuel Confront Power–Part 2: Views from the Targum, the Rabbis, and the Church Fathers" Biblical Theology Bulletin 51(2): 68-77. 

"In/Voluntary Surrogacy in Genesis” The Asbury Journal 76(1): 9-24.

"Four Women in Samuel Confront Power–Part 1: Contemporary Views" Biblical Theology Bulletin 51(1): 15-23.

2020

"Why did Cain Kill Abel?" (B’reishit) TheTorah.com.

“The Medium of Endor and Saul: Ancient and Contemporary Views” Jewish Bible Quarterly 48(4): 235-244

“He said/She said: Shaming, Blaming … Reframing: Impacts and Implications of Childlessness on Relationships in an Ancient Text” with Alison Benjamin, Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 74(3): 182-188.

"The Rabbinic Spouse in Contemporary American Fiction: The Rabbi's Wife Plays at Murder, and Other Tales Told Out of Shul" CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 67(3): 153-176.

“A Jubilee (50) of Fascinating Facts about the Book of Jubilees" Biblical Theology Bulletin 50(2): 92-96 

"Romanticizing Samson’s Mother" Women in Judaism 15(2): 1-19.

"Erev Rav: A Mixed Multitude of Meanings" (Bo) TheTorah.com.

 “My Punishment Is Too Great to Bear: Raising Cain” Biblical Theology Bulletin 50(1): 7-21.

"Josephus on the Begetting of Samson: A Treasury of Biblical Tropes" CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 67(1): 138-154.

2019

“Three Faces of Eve: What Went Wrong?” Biblical Theology Bulletin, 49(4): 187-197.

 “Jubilees: Rewriting Rebecca's Reputation" Jewish Bible Quarterly 47(3): 189-197.

 “Rebekah Redux: The View from Jubilees” Biblical Theology Bulletin 49(2): 71-81.

 “Manoah’s Wife in Late Second Temple Wisdom Literature" Jewish Bible Quarterly 47(2): 103-112.

2018

"Esther: Subverting the 'Capable Wife'" in Biblical Theology Bulletin 48(4): 171-179.

"Remembering Jocheved" CCAR Journal The Reform Jewish Quarterly 65(3): 5-91.

"Did Pharaoh's Daughter Name Moses? In Hebrew?" TheTorah.com Parashat Shmot 5/6 January.

"Abraham, The Years of Frustration: Genesis 13-14 and 15 as a Literary Unit" Biblical Theology Bulletin, 48(1): 3-9.

2017

"Biblical Studies in Women in Judaism [WIJ]: The First Twenty Years" Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 14(2).

"Viewing Yokheved (Jochebed)" Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 14(1).

"Ezekiel -- Shame and Blame" (with Moshe Reiss, z"l) CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Spring, 65(2): 74-85.

"Judaism's First Converts: A Pagan Priest and a Prostitute" in TheTorah.com, Parashat Yitro, 18/19 February (with Moshe Reiss, z"l).

2016

"Cold Case: Restoring Rebekah, Intrigue in Genesis 27" The Asbury Journal 71(2): 115-124.

"Isaac: Sowing in Joyous Laughter, Reaping in Tears" Biblical Theology Bulletin 46(2): 172-176.

"Ezekiel as Misogynist" (with Moshe Reiss, z"l) Biblical Theology Bulletin 46(4): 186-190.

"David's Wives: Love, Power, and Lust" (with Moshe Reiss z"l) Biblical Theology Bulletin 46(2): 70-78.

2015

"Subverting Sexuality: Manly Women; Womanly Men in Judges 4-5," (with Moshe Reiss) Biblical Theology Bulletin 45(1): 32-37.

"Choosing Jacob: the Coded Language of Genesis 27" Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 29(2): 233-240.

"Postbiblical R&B: Reuben's Rhythms and Bilhah's Blues" (with Moshe Reiss) CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 62(4): 99-108.

"They Did Not 'Pass,' They Died". CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly, 62(2): 27-31.

"Righting and Rewriting Genesis 38: Tamar and Judah in the Pseudepigrapha" (with Moshe Reiss), Biblical Theology Bulletin 45(4): 195-201.

"'Of Mice and Men,' 'Idiots First,' and Genesis 22," CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 62(1): 111-123.

"The Ages of the Patriarchs/Matriarch: A Preliminary Study" Jewish Bible Quarterly 43(1): 49-53.

2014

"Chronicles' Levitical Covenant," (with Moshe Reiss), Jewish Bible Quarterly, 42(4): 229-237.

"Downplaying the Davidic Dynasty" (with Moshe Reiss), Jewish Bible Quarterly 42(2): 185-192.

"Co-opting the Secondary Matriarchs: Bilhah, Zilpah, Tamar, and Aseneth," (with Moshe Reiss) Biblical Interpretation 22(3): 307-324

"The Importance of Being Esther: Rabbis, Canonicity, Problems and Possibilities," European Judaism, 14(1): 102-108.

2013

"Fury Meets and Greets Sabbath's Theater; Salman Rushdie's Homage to Philip Roth" Philip Roth Studies 9(2): 85-90.

"Chronicles as Revisionist Religious History" (with Moshe Reiss),The Asbury Journal 68(2): 120-133.

"Throwaway Women: Ruth as Response" CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 60(4): 185-96.

"The Prophet Micaiah in Kings and Chronicles" Jewish Bible Quarterly 41(3): 156-162.

"Visiting the ill: Learning lessons from sacred stories Part 2: Four guiding principles to achieve a successful visit: Be there; be present; be a blessing; be gone" (with Bonita E. Taylor) Healing Ministry, 19(1): 38-40.

"Esther, Exodus, Purim, and Passover" CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 60(2): 24-28.

"Elijah and Elisha: Part II: Similarities and Differences" Jewish Bible Quarterly 41(1): 19-23.

2012

"When Saying 'Thank you God for Returning My Soul' is (too) Hard to Do," Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 66 (4).

"Entertaining Esther: Vamp, Victim, and Virtuous Woman", Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal  9(2).

"Visiting the Ill: Learning lessons from sacred stories Part 1: A good word, a healing touch" (with Bonita E. Taylor) Healing Ministry 18(4): 27-30.

"Ishmael and Isaac: Parallel, not Conflictual Lives", Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament: An International Journal of Nordic Theology 26(1): 1-11.

"Elijah and Elisha: Part I: Moses and Joshua", Jewish Bible Quarterly 40(4): 225-230. 

“Isaac: A Life of Bitter Laugher", Jewish Bible Quarterly 40(2): 105-110.

2011

“Madam Potiphar’s Boy Toy: No Laughing Matter”, Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal  8(10: 1-11.

"Cold Case: The Micaiah Mysteries," CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 58:4, 3-9.

"Lessons in the Midst of Plagues" (with Jolain Graf) Chaplaincy Today e-Journal, 27(1): 32-35.

"My Sacred Journey to Chaplaincy" CCAR Journal/The Reform Jewish Quarterly 58(10: 60-70.

"The Deceiver Deceived: Rereading Genesis 27" Jewish Bible Quarterly 39(1)": 46-58.

2010

"Seeing and Hearing: The Interrelated Lives of Sarah and Hagar," Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 7(1): 1-14.

“Isaac Betrayed and Triumphant,” Jewish Bible Quarterly 38(3): 166-174.

2009

"Abraham, Sarah and Hagar as a Blended Family: Problems, Partings, and Possibilities" (with Moshe Reiss), Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal 6(2): 1-18.

"Studying Bible with Seniors: Long Term Education Possibilities," Jewish Spiritual Care [NAJC Journal] 9(2): 3-13.

"Seize the Moment", Jewish Bible Quarterly 37(3): 197-199.

“Encountering Suffering: Ancient Texts, Modern Lessons,” Journal on Jewish Aging 3:1, 13-22.

"Vulnerability, Fragility, Helplessness," Healing Ministry 16:1, 5-7.

2008

"Why am I a Jewish Chaplain?" Jewish Spiritual Care [NAJC Journal] 8:2, 27-28.

"Roth’s The Dying Animal as Homage to Malamud’s A New Life" Studies in American Jewish Literature 27: 40-48.

"Sacred Synchronicity: Israel at Sixty" (with Bonita E Taylor) Midstream 54:6, 4-5.

"Roth, Rushdie, and Rage: Religious Reactions to Portnoy and the Verses" Journal of Ecumenical Studies 43(1): 31-44.

"What Sarah Saw: Envisioning Genesis 21:9-10" Jewish Bible Quarterly 36(1): 54-62.

2007

"Resident's Loved Ones Support Group: An Anecdotal Report on a Place to Share" Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 61(4): 351-354.

"The Chaplain as an Authentic and an Ethical Presence" (with T. Patrick Bradley and Bonita E. Taylor) Chaplaincy Today 23(2): 15-24.

"Women Rabbis (and Rebbitzins) in Contemporary Fiction", CCAR Journal, 54:3, 68-91.

"Restructuring Psalm 47", Jewish Bible Quarterly 35(3): 166-172.

"Support Group for Loved Ones of Residents: Sharing Sadness; Addressing Anger" Journal on Jewish Aging 1.1, 45-51.

"Restructuring Psalm 85," Jewish Bible Quarterly, 35(1): 47-55.

"Peer Support/Consultation Group: A Practical Response" (with T. Patrick Bradley), PlainViews [Chaplaincy E-Magazine] 3:23.

2006

"The Mysterious Disappearance of Sarah", Judaism 55:3-4, 30-39.

"Achieving In-the-moment Reconciliation", Chaplaincy Today 22(1): 20-21.

"A Betrayal of the Their Sacred Trust: Rabbis, Cantors, and Chaplains Who Violate Sexual Boundaries," CCAR Journal 53(4): 66-79.

"Women Rabbis: A Novel Idea", Judaism 55(1-2): 108-116.

2005

"Shed Your Sandals", Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 59(1-2): 141-143.

"Breaching a Sacred Trust," Rabbis, Cantors, and Chaplains/Kley Kodesh and Sexual Boundary Violations: A Survey of Sources and Resources, Jewish Spiritual Care [NAJC Journal], Winter 7:2, 12-17.

"A Betrayal of Their Sacred Trust: Rabbis, Cantors, and Chaplains Who Violate Sexual Boundaries," Journal of Religion and Abuse 7(2): 77-89.

"Only by their name shall you know them," Healing Ministry 12:1, 10-11.

"The Riddle of Psalm 49", Jewish Bible Quarterly 33(3): 143-152.

"Ritual for Cleansing After Hearing Gossip," Ministry 77(1): 30.

"Family of Resident's Support Group: Living with Loss, Dealing with Denial," Annals of Long-Term Care 13(8): 45-48.

"The Riddle of Psalm 49", Jewish Bible Quarterly 33(3): 143-152.

2004

"Philip Roth: Desire and Death," Studies in American Jewish Literature 23: 135-144.

"A Still Stranger Stratagem: Revisiting Genesis 27," Conservative Judaism 56(2): 21-31.

"'Bless Me': An Opportunity Missed?," Ministry 76(3): 26-27.

2003

"You lift us up," Healing Ministry, 10:1, 43-44.

"Blended Families: Sarah, Hagar, and All That . . . ," Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 57(1): 33-38.

2002

"Nearly Everything We Wish Our Non-Jewish Supervisors Had Known About Us as Jewish Supervisees", (with Bonita E Taylor), Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling 56(4): 327-338.

"Chaplaincy in Long-Term Care (And Prison) Settings: People's 'Names' and 'Identities' Affect Their Lives," Healing Ministry 9:(4): 59-62.

"Family of Resident's Support Group: Sharing Disappointments and Coping With Anger," Annals of Long-Term Care 10:9, 23-25.

"The 'Fictional' American Rabbi," Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries, Denver, CO, June 23-26, 2002, 1-8

"Family of Resident's Support Group: A Safe Place to Vent and Lament," Annals of Long-Term Care 10:5, 36-40.

2001

"When Do the Best Rest - and Why? A Work in Progress", Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 78(1): 56-59.

"Blended Families: Sympathizing With Sarah," Midstream 47:5, 17-18.

"Through a Different Lens: American Jewish Women Writers" (with Bonita E Taylor), Jewish Spectator Review of Books.

"Answering 'Why Me, Why Now?' Empowering the Elderly Through Response-Ability," Annals of Long-Term Care 9:5, 61-63.

"Rescuing Rebecca's Reputation: A Midrash on Genesis 27", CCAR Journal.

"Believing in Angels" (with Bonita E Taylor), Jewish Spectator 65:3, 29-39.
 

1999

"When I'm Sixty-Four", Midstream 46:6, 18-19.

"Transcending Transitions: Jacob/Israel and How We Deal With Our New 'Names,'" Journal of Pastoral Care 53(3): 319-332.

"Betrayal (and Growth) in Genesis 22", CCAR Journal, 46:2, 60-72.

"The Chaplain's Gift: The Present of Presence," The Jewish Chaplain [NAJC Journal] 4:1, 22-23.

"Jacob's Theft of Esau's Blessing," Midstream 45:1, 15-17.

1998

"Responsibility and Response-ability: No Small Gift," Journal of Pastoral Care 52(2): 403-405.

"World Jewry's New Zionism," Jewish Spectator 62:4, 37-39.

"Why Would You Ask My Name?," The Jewish Chaplain [NAJC Journal] 3:1, 20-21.

"Here and Now" (with Glenn and Jeanne Gillette), Jewish Spectator 61:2, 43-49.

"The Marvels of Midrash: Jonah as Defender of the Jews," Midstream 32:6, 5-6.

"Jewish 'Continuity' and the 'Ever-Dying' Jews," Jewish Spectator 61:1, 21-24.

"Shameful Secrets: Jews in American Prisons," Midstream 32:1, 24-27.

1995

"Rebbitzens and Women Rabbis: Portrayals in Contemporary American Jewish Fiction", CCAR Journal 42:1, 1-12.

"Jonah's Journey", Judaism 44(3): 362-368.

"Jerusalem, the Sacred City: Perspectives From Judaism and Islam" (with Jane Smith), Journal of Ecumenical Studies 32(2): 227-256.

1994

"Jews in American Prisons," Jewish Spectator 59:2, 32-34.

"Malamud as Modern Midrash", Judaism 43(2): 159-172.

"Bernard Malamud, N. Scott Momaday and the Search for Redemption," Paintbrush.

Commissioned to write articles on "Suffering" and "Tolerance/Pluralism" for 1994 expanded edition of A Dictionary of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue (Leon Klenicki and Geoffrey Wigoder, eds.), 203-206, 211-214.

Commissioned to write article on "Jewish Mission and Missionizing" for 1994 publication "In Dialogue" of the Interfaith Department of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

1993

"Abraham, Isaac and Malamud," Conservative Judaism 45:4, 66-75.

1992

"Midrash and Modern American Jewish Literature", Studies in American Jewish Literature 11(1): 7-21.

1991

"Religion, Freedom and Oppression: A Jewish Response," "Religion, Freedom and Oppression," Papers presented to the 1991 Interfaith Conference, University of Denver, 1991, 35-45.

1990

"Jesus and Jeremiah in the Matthean Tradition," Journal of Ecumenical Studies 27:2, 288-305.

"Conflicting Conclusions: The Hatred of Isaac and Ishmael", Judaism 39:1, 37-46.

1986

"Jacob in Darkness (and Light): A Study in Contrasts," Judaism 35:4, 402-413.

"Coping With Mixed Marriages: When Love Doesn't Conquer All," Reconstructionist 51:8, 18-23.

"Malamud's Novels and Short Stories," Jewish Spectator 51:2, 39-41.

"A Pesach Quartet: Jacob, Rachel, Elijah and Bernard Malamud," The Jewish Quarterly 33:1, 40-41.

1984

"Strangers, Angels and Redemption: Jewish/Christian Images in Two Malamud Stories," Conservative Judaism 37:3, 43-50.

"Mixed Marrieds Discussion Group," Compass (UAHC) 11, 19-22.

"The Structure, Function and Organization of a Mixed-Marriage Support System" (with Melanie W. Aron), Journal of Reform Judaism 31:3, 16-24.

"Challenging Our Values," Anglo-Jewish Association Review 19:4, 3-6.

1979

"British Progressive Judaism - On Status and Standards: The 'Ishut' Issue", Journal of Reform Judaism 26:3, 67-75.

"Who cares? Who listens? A Rabbi's Complaint", The Jewish Quarterly Review 27:1, 27-30.