While Iran Kills Its Own, Europe Tries to Bail Out the Regime
Sanctions are not the sole cause of the economic crisis.
December 4, 2019
Why Philosophers Should Take Biblical Ethics Seriously
And reject the assumption that they are irrational and simplistic.
University departments of philosophy often exclude the Hebrew Bible from discussions of the history of ethics, treating it as belonging solely to the domain of religious or ancient Near Eastern studies. In his Ethics in Ancient Israel, John Barton, an Anglican priest and Oxford professor, seeks to return the Tanakh to its rightful place as a work of ethical profundity. James Nati sums up his approach:
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A French Court Absolves a Man of Anti-Semitic Murder—because He Smoked Marijuana
While French authorities and the media repressed the details of the case.
In Nablus and Cyprus, the Accusation That Jews Ritually Murder Christians Is Alive and Well
Complete with a sainted victim and his relics.
Why Philosophers Should Take Biblical Ethics Seriously
And reject the assumption that they are irrational and simplistic.
Bringing the Lost Prayer Book of Catalonian Jewry Back to Life
Using six medieval manuscripts.