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{{Short description|American rabbi, theologian, and academic (born 1949)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP primary sources|date=January 2022}} {{third-party|date=January 2022}} {{Original research|date=March 2023}} }} {{Infobox Rabbi | honorific-prefix = Rabbi | name = Shalom Carmy | honorific-suffix = | title = | image = carmy2.jpg | caption = | denomination = [[Orthodox Judaism]] | synagogue = | synagogueposition = | yeshiva = Yeshiva College | yeshivaposition = Chair of Bible and Jewish Philosophy | organisation = [[Tradition Journal|Tradition]] | organisationposition = Editor Emeritus | began = | ended = | predecessor = | successor = | semicha = RIETS | rabbi = | rank = | other_post = | buried = | nationality = American | residence = [[Brooklyn, NY]] | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = Rabbi teaching at [[Yeshiva University]] | alma_mater = [[Yeshiva University]] | signature = | website = }} '''Shalom Carmy''' (born May 1, 1949) is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[rabbi]] teaching [[Jewish studies]] and [[philosophy]] at [[Yeshiva University]], where he is Chair of [[Bible]] and [[Jewish philosophy]] at [[Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University)|Yeshiva College]] and an affiliated scholar at [[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]]. He is also Editor Emeritus of ''[[Tradition (journal)|Tradition]]'', an Orthodox theological journal, and formerly wrote a regular column in ''[[First Things]]''. A [[Brooklyn]] native, he is a prominent [[Modern Orthodox]] theologian, historian, and philosopher. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1969 and [[Master of Science|M.S.]] from Yeshiva University, and received his [[semicha|rabbinic ordination]] from its affiliated [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]], studying under Rabbis [[Aharon Lichtenstein]] and [[Joseph Soloveitchik]]. He has edited some of R. Soloveitchik's work for publication. Carmy has written many articles on [[Biblical theology]], Jewish thought, Orthodoxy in the 20th century and the role of [[liberal arts]] in a Torah education. He edited "Modern Scholarship in the Study of Torah: Contributions and Limitations" ({{ISBN|1-56821-450-2}}), “Jewish Perspectives on the Experience of Suffering” as well as several other works. He writes a regular personal column in Tradition, and contributes regularly on Jewish and general subjects to [[First Things]] and other journals. In addition to his exegetical and analytic work, Carmy's theological contribution is distinguished by preoccupation with the way religious doctrine and practice express themselves in the life of the individual.
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