Philosophy
An impressive new book explores how a community rooted in faith and law has grappled with the preeminent classical rationalist.
Two college professors were intrigued by the restlessness of their students. In a new book, they trace where it comes from and what it means for young Americans today.
A new book argues that the Hebrew Bible has a distinct and consistent intellectual tradition. The author joins us to explain.
A tale of two Jewish siblings.
“I do believe that these trials come to us also from God.”
Some disjointed aphorisms may be a polemic against a popular philosophy.
Solomon Maimon abandoned his wife and children in search of intellectual perfection, thereby entirely missing the point.
An atheist philosopher’s critique of atheism.
A noted philosopher’s critique of one of liberalism’s most treasured theories clears room for a conception of politics informed by Judaism.
John Selden.
Balancing law and intuition.
How Alvin Plantinga cleared the way for the philosophy of religion.
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.