[Avodah] Stopped learning Nach?

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R'n TK:
"It seems to me that it wasn't the Christians who "stole" Tanach  from us by

memorizing portions that few frum Jews study.  It was actually  the 
Haskalah, the Documentary Theory and all that -- turning Tanach into a
field  of 
secular academic study -- that "stole" it from us, because the response of  
the yeshiva world was to look askance at anyone who had too deep an 
interest 
in Tanach.  In the same way and for the same reason, the study of  Hebrew 
language and dikduk was "stolen" from us."
 
R' JK:
While it's always easier to blame others for problems ("they" made me do
it), it's often more adult to take at least some personal responsibility. 
In this case, ISTM that no one "stole" Tanach or its study or that of
Hebrew/dikduk from us.  If we no longer have it or no longer cherish it
properly, then it's most probably our fault to a large extent, and the way
to perhaps solve this is through introspection rather than pointing fingers
at others.
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I think R'n TK is being overly broad and R' JK overly literal; no one
"stole" Tanach from us. But the rabbanim of the era, as a direct response to
the Haskalah, specifically chose that their followers not learn Nach. I'm
not clear that it's a problem, to tell you the truth; those who want to,
usually end up learning it themselves. (As an example, I'm told that my
great-grandfather hid in his bedroom in Yeshiva to study Nach where no one
would see him and maybe get the wrong idea about him.)

KT,
MYG