Monthly Archives: July 2021

The Invention of Jewish Identity: Bible, Philosophy, and the Art of Translation

Aaron W. Hughes writes in 2010: * …I cannot agree with them that the Hebrew Bible preserves some transcendent power. I thus read Buber and Rosenzweig as I read everyone in this book: against the grain. * The mythology engulfing … Continue reading

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The Politics Of Biblical Interpretation (7-13-21)

00:00 Aloe vera and ginseng 02:00 There’s No Cure for Antisemitism, But There is a Vaccine, https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/338618/theres-no-cure-for-antisemitism-but-there-is-a-vaccine/ 11:00 Religious studies as an academic discipline, https://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/religious-studies-as-a-discipline/ 15:00 How Luke Ford and his Show “Changed my Life” Part 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg-kwHTVP0M 54:00 Gods … Continue reading

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From Seminary to University: An Institutional History of the Study of Religion in Canada

Aaron W. Hughes writes in this 2020 book: * The academic study of religion, for all intents and purposes, began in Germany in the nineteenth century. Its goal was, as indeed it still is, to understand the religions of the … Continue reading

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Tikkun Olam And Other Great Jewish Ideas (7-12-21)

Tikkun Olam And Other Great Jewish Ideas (7-12-21) https://t.co/6YKGCPyogb — (((Luke Ford))) (@lukeford) July 13, 2021 00:00 Reb Doooovid joins, https://twitter.com/RebDoooovid 02:00 Doooovid’s Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/doooovid 04:00 Richard Spencer vs Judas Maccabeus, https://killstream.libsyn.com/richard-spencer-vs-judas-maccabeus 05:00 Tikkun ha-Olam: The Metamorphosis of a … Continue reading

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Jewish Philosophy and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Aaron W. Hughes writes in 2014: * Having grown up non-Jewishly in a home completely devoid of Judaism, let alone any religion, my path to the tradition, both intellectual and spiritual, for all intents and purposes only began in graduate … Continue reading

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