Exploring Tanakh
Tue, 18 Mar
|Caulfield
The Jewish Bible is not a book of easy answers—it is a melting pot of overlapping narratives and ideas, and it has sparked endless debate through the ages. Join Idan as he takes us on a journey though these captivating stories.


Time & Location
18 Mar 2025, 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Caulfield, Caulfield VIC 3162, Australia
About the event
Tuesday evenings
8:30-10pm
The Jewish Bible is not a book of easy answers—it is a melting pot of overlapping narratives and ideas, and it has sparked endless debate through the ages. Join Idan as he takes us on a journey though these captivating stories.
Idan Dorshav (Dershowitz) joined the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation at Monash University in 2024. He was previously Director of the School of Jewish Theology and Chair of Hebrew Bible at the University of Potsdam. His research interests include the evolution of biblical religion and the methods of ancient biblical editors, as well as the development of AI tools to trace the origins of ancient texts. He is the author of The Dismembered Bible: Cutting and Pasting Scripture in Antiquity and The Valediction of Moses: A Proto-Biblical Book. He is currently working on a children’s book on the origins of the alphabet.