Front Row at the World Series for Teenage Bible Scholars
Competitors gather at SAR High School in the Bronx for the national Hebrew Bible contest, which sends four winners to Israel. (All photos by Andrew Kelly for The Free Press)
At the national Hebrew Bible Quiz, kids try to answer questions even rabbis don’t know. ‘Yeah,’ says one 12-year-old, ‘it’s nerdy.’
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Every year, kids come to the Chidon Ha-Tanach, the country’s biggest competition on Hebrew Bible knowledge, because it’s their idea of fun. It’s like a game of trivia, many tell me, only the questions are religious and even more obscure.
(Sample question: “Who found a scroll of the Teaching in the House of the Lord?” Answer: Hilkiah, a Hebrew priest who …
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