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Moses as Statesman and Lawgiver
A Platonic look at the Torah’s human hero.
Ronna Burger
Ronna Burger is the Catherine & Henry J. Gaisman chair in the department of philosophy and Sizeler professor of Jewish studies at Tulane University. She has also taught in the Maimonides Scholars program of the Tikvah Fund.
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Podcast: Ronna Burger on Reading Esther as a Philosopher (Rebroadcast)
By Ronna Burger, Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Political Lessons from Moses
Plato, the Hebrew Bible, and the search for the best regime.
Observation ·
Podcast: Ronna Burger on Reading Esther as a Philosopher
By Ronna Burger, Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Puzzle of Primogeniture
By Ronna BurgerIn his essay “ The People-Forming Passover ,” Leon Kass has once again given us a probing reading of the Hebrew Bible, approaching the text with an openness to discovery, fostered by the fundamental q...
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A Philosopher’s Thoughts on the Hebrew Bible
A fascinating video interview.