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Jacob Howland


Jacob Howland is McFarlin professor of philosophy (emeritus) at the University of Tulsa. His research focuses on ancient Greek philosophy, history, epic, and tragedy; the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud; Kierkegaard; and literary and philosophical responses to the Holocaust and Soviet totalitarianism.

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  1. Response ·

    Watch Gary Saul Morson and Jacob Howland Discuss the Dostoevsky Problem

    By Gary Saul Morson, Jacob Howland, Jonathan Silver

    In this month’s feature Mosaic essay , the literary scholar Gary Saul Morson argues that the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky presents a conundrum: On the one hand, he was the great writer of...

    Watch Gary Saul Morson and Jacob Howland Discuss the Dostoevsky Problem
  2. Editor's Pick ·

    The Talmud and Plato Share a Common Quest for Truth

    What if Athens and Jerusalem are on the same side?

  3. Editor's Pick ·

    Artificial Intelligence and Idolatry in the Garden of Eden

    How the Bible and Plato can prepare us for the high-tech future.

  4. Observation ·

    The Molten Flow of Primordial Chaos, Agitating the Chests of Men—or Not

    By Jacob Howland

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    The Molten Flow of Primordial Chaos, Agitating the Chests of Men—or Not
  5. Observation ·

    Not Everything Is a Charging Boar

    By Jacob Howland

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Not Everything Is a Charging Boar
  6. Observation ·

    Homeric and Biblical Nobodies

    By Jacob Howland

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Homeric and Biblical Nobodies
  7. Observation ·

    Noah and Odysseus: Exposed!

    By Jacob Howland

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Noah and Odysseus: Exposed!
  8. Observation ·

    Sex and the Ancient City

    By Jacob Howland

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Sex and the Ancient City
  9. Observation ·

    Should Jews Read Homer?

    By Jacob Howland

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Should Jews Read Homer?
  10. Observation ·

    Podcast: The Philosopher Who Reads the Talmud

    By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Jacob Howland

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    Podcast: The Philosopher Who Reads the Talmud
  11. Editor's Pick ·

    The Soviet Union’s Great World War II Novel—and the Great Novel of Soviet Jewry

    Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate.