Hayyim Angel

Rabbi Hayyim Angel is an American rabbi, academic, author and editor who is the National Scholar of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (which was founded by his father, Marc D. Angel).[1]

Angel has taught advanced Bible courses to undergraduate, graduate, and rabbinical students at Yeshiva University since 1996, and lectures widely. He also serves as the Tanakh Education Scholar at Yeshivat Ben Porat Yosef school in Paramus, New Jersey. Angel previously served as rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City (1995–2013), and as rabbinic scholar at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York (2014–2017).

Angel received his B.A. in Jewish studies summa cum laude from Yeshiva College, his M.A. in Bible from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies and his M.S. in Jewish education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. Angel's rabbinical ordination was from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University.

Angel has published over 130 scholarly articles, primarily in Hebrew Bible, and is author or editor of seventeen books. His scholarship focuses on the interaction between traditional and academic approaches to Bible study. Rabbi Yaakov Beasley, in a review of Angel's work and methodology in April, 2018, refers to him as "one of the great Tanakh teachers of our time."[2]

Angel is editor of Conversations, the journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. Angel also serves on the editorial boards of Tradition and Megadim.

Angel lives in Teaneck, New Jersey, with his wife and four children.

Books
  • Selected Writings of Rabbi Marc D. Angel: Celebrating 50 Years of Rabbinic Service, ed. Hayyim Angel. Conversations 34 (New York: Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, 2019).
  • The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017).
  • Increasing Peace Through Balanced Torah Study. Conversations 27 (New York: Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, 2017).
  • Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: Prophecy in an Age of Uncertainty (Jerusalem: Maggid, 2016).
  • Jewish Holiday Companion: Insights into the Meaning of the Holidays, Their Laws, Liturgy, and Biblical Readings (New York: Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, 2014).
  • Peshat Isn’t So Simple: Essays on Developing a Religious Methodology to Bible Study (New York: Kodesh Press, 2014).
  • A Synagogue Companion: Insights on the Torah, Haftarot, and Shabbat Morning Prayers (New York: Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, 2014).
  • Vision from the Prophet and Counsel from the Elders: A Survey of Nevi’im and Ketuvim (New York: OU Press, 2013).
  • Where the Yeshiva Meets the University: Traditional and Academic Approaches to Tanakh Study, ed. Hayyim Angel. Conversations 15 (New York: Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, 2013).
  • Rav Shalom Banayikh: Essays Presented to Rabbi Shalom Carmy by Friends and Students in Celebration of Forty Years of Teaching, ed. Hayyim Angel and Yitzchak Blau (Jersey City, NJ: Ktav, 2012).
  • Prophetic Sermons: Thoughts on the Haftarot (New York: Sephardic Publication Foundation, 2011).
  • Creating Space between Peshat and Derash: A Collection of Studies on Tanakh (Jersey City, NJ: Ktav-Sephardic Publication Foundation, 2011).
  • Know Before Whom You Stand: Thoughts About Prayer (New York: Sephardic Publication Foundation, 2010). Revised second edition, 2011.
  • Revealed Texts, Hidden Meanings: Finding the Religious Significance in Tanakh (Jersey City, NJ: Ktav-Sephardic Publication Foundation, 2009).
  • Through an Opaque Lens (New York: Sephardic Publication Foundation, 2006). Through an Opaque Lens: The Bible Refracted through Eternal Rabbinic Wisdom, revised second edition (New York: Kodesh Press, 2013).
  • Rabbi Haim David Halevi: Gentle Scholar, Courageous Thinker. Co-author of book with Rabbi Marc D. Angel (Jerusalem: Urim Publications, 2006). Authored four chapters and edited book.
  • Seeking Good, Speaking Peace: Collected Essays of Rabbi Marc D. Angel, ed. Hayyim Angel (Hoboken, NJ: Ktav, 1995).

Reviews of His Books

Morey Schwartz, Haim David Halevi, The Journal for the Study of Sephardic & Mizrahi Jewry, June 2008, pp. 96–103, at: .

Israel Drazin, Through an Opaque Lens, at: Through an Opaque Lens, by Rabbi Hayyim J. Angel - The Jewish Eye.

Moshe Sokolow “Review Essay: The Rational Traditional Study of Tanakh Comes of Age,” Ten Da’at 19 (June 2007), pp. 93–103.

Ehud Ben Zvi, Revealed Tests, Hidden Meanings, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures Volume 9 (2009).

James A. Cox, Revealed Tests, Hidden Meanings, Creating Space between Peshat and Derash, Midwest Book Review (also on amazon.com).

Israel Drazin, Revealed Texts, Hidden Meanings, at: thejewisheye.com/hja_revealed.html

Rev. Dr. Bruce K. Gardner, Revealed Tests, Hidden Meanings, Society of Old Testament Study (S.O.T.S.) in Britain.

Oscar Mohl, Revealed Tests, Hidden Meanings, Jewish Press, October 21, 2009.

Francis Nataf, Through an Opaque Lens and Revealed Texts, Hidden Meanings, at Lookstein Bookjed #78, September 24, 2009.

Gil Student, Revealed Methodologies, Hidden Approaches (review of Through an Opaque Lens and Revealed Texts, Hidden Meanings), at: Revealed Methodologies, Hidden Approaches.

Harvey Sukenic, Revealed Texts, Hidden Meanings, in Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter, May–June 2010, p. 26.

Yaakov Beasley, Review essay of Through an Opaque Lens and Revealed Texts, Hidden Meanings: “Contemporary Trends in Bible Scholarship of Chronicles and Kings,” Tradition 47:1 (Spring 2014), pp. 90–99.

Israel Drazin, Creating Space between Peshat and Derash, at: Creating Space between Peshat and Derash, by Hayyim J. Angel - The Jewish Eye

Daniel Scheide, Creating Space between Peshat and Derash, Association for Jewish Libraries Reviews, Vol. 1 No. 3 (Sept-Oct 2011), pp. 9–10.

Israel Drazin, Vision from the Prophet and Counsel from the Elders, at: The biblical books of the prophets; Vision from the Prophet and Counsel from the Elders, by Rabbi Hayyim Angel - The Jewish Eye (also on amazon.com).

Gil Student, “24 Books in 1” (Vision from the Prophet and Counsel from the Elders) at 24 Books In 1.

Review of Vision from the Prophet in Jewish Bible Quarterly 42:3 (2014), p. 201.

Gil Student, A Synagogue Companion, Jewish Action 74:4 (Summer 2014), pp. 83–84

Fred Isaac, A Synagogue Companion, Association for Jewish Libraries Review 4:3 (Sept-Oct 2014)

Yaakov Wasserman, Jewish Holiday Companion, Jewish Press September 10, 2015, *For Every Season

Susan Freiband, Jewish Holiday Companion, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews (Nov-Dec 2015, V:4)

Levi Morrow, Haggai Zechariah Malachi, at Preoccupation With Glory and the Deferral of Hope: Hayyim Angel’s ‘Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi’

Israel Drazin, Haggai Zechariah Malachi, at Book Review: "Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi: Prophecy in an Age of Uncertainty" | jewishideas.org

Fred Weiss, Haggai Zechariah Malachi, at New book examines Judaism’s last three prophets | San Diego Jewish World

Rachel Besser, Haggai Zechariah Malachi, at Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: Prophecy in an Age of Uncertainty Jewish Action 78:2 (Winter 2017), pp. 98–101

Ben Rothke, Haggai Zechariah Malachi, at Book review – Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: Prophecy in an Age of Uncertainty (Times of Israel, January 3, 2018)

Daniel Keren, Haggai Zechariah Malachi, at The Jewish Connection >> Home (The Jewish Connection, August 3, 2018, p. 10)

Moshe Isaacson, Keys to the Palace, at Keys To The Palace - Book Review

Mitchell First, Keys to the Palace, at Rabbi Hayyim Angel’s 13th Book Is Compilation of Tanach-Related Topics Jewish Link, January 11, 2018

Israel Drazin, Keys to the Palace, This is how one should understand the Bible; This is how one should understand the Bible

Rabbi Yaakov Beasley, Keys to the Palace, at The Tension that is Tanakh

Alan Jay Gerber, Keys to the Palace, at Rabbi Hayyim Angel’s ‘Keys to the Palace’?

Ben Rothke, Keys to the Palace, at Title: Keys to the Palace: Exploring the Religious Value of Reading Tanakh (Jewish Press, August 23, 2018) Keys to the Palace

References
  1. Marc Angel (2005). Book=Choosing to be Jewish: the Orthodox Road to Conversion. I thank my wife , Gilda , and our son , Rabbi Hayyim Angel
  2. Beasley, Yaakov (April 12, 2018). "The Tension that is Tanakh".
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