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Emil Fackenheim’s Theological Genius, and Its Blind Spots
The problem with trying to root moral imperatives in Auschwitz.
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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King Saul’s Failure to Lead
He set a standard of disobedience for the people to follow.
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What’s a Rational Monotheist to Do with Biblical Angels?
Cherubic anxiety.
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The Human Desire to Become Like God—and Its Dangers
What’s behind the mysterious “sons of God” and “daughters of men” in Genesis?
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The Death of Aaron’s Sons and Judaism’s Divided View of Martyrdom
It is praiseworthy to die for God, but even better to live for Him.
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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.
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The False Prophet and the True
Jeremiah’s rivalry with a charlatan highlights the moral center of prophecy.
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Moses Maimonides, Democratic Zionist
The Jewish state has fulfilled many of his aspirations for the messianic era.
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Why Jews Should Read the Bible as Theology
Deriving Jewish thought from Scripture.
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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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God’s Name Is to Be Understood Theologically, Not Philosophically
The God that is or the God that becomes?
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The Difference between a Biblical Scholar and a Philosopher
By James A. DiamondJon Levenson’s thoughtful critique of Kenneth Seeskin’s Thinking about the Torah is commendable both for taking a serious contemporary Jewish philosopher seriously and for taking the text at issue...
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Was Moses’ Death Punishment or Reward?
Making sense of the Torah’s final chapter.
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Maimonides’ Intellectual Legacy
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Trembling with Bravery
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