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The Confounding Origins of the Term “Hebrew”
By James A. DiamondCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
James A. Diamond
James A. Diamond is a professor of Jewish studies at the University of Waterloo. His books include Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon (2014) and, most recently, Jewish Theology Unbound (2018).
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The Heretic Whose Teachings the Talmud Preserved and Transmitted
By James A. DiamondCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Buried, Raging Sermons of the Warsaw Ghetto Rabbi
By James A. DiamondCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Difference between a Biblical Scholar and a Philosopher
By James A. DiamondThe former seeks answers; the latter seeks the questions that can help situate human beings existentially and rationally within the universe.
