Philosophy
The problem with making the Bible a Great Book.
Kenneth R. Seeskin and Jon D. Levenson debate the power and the limits of philosophical reflection on the Hebrew Bible.
The former seeks answers; the latter seeks the questions that can help situate human beings existentially and rationally within the universe.
Twilight of the anti-Semites.
Like Walt Whitman in Song of Myself, the Hebrew Bible is large, it contains multitudes.
The genius of BHL?
As the latest attempt to draw universal ethical principles from the Bible shows, philosophical investigation of its text offers the prospect of great rewards—and grave dangers.
Promoting philosophy while giving political society and revelation their due.
So why do intellectuals pretend otherwise?
A dazzling new book reminds us that our minds don’t work like computers—and that wisdom, including the moral wisdom of Judaism, doesn’t progress like science.
A groundbreaking essay.
It goes back to Genesis.
A tale of three former yeshiva students.