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Monthly Archives: March 2025
The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles Reappraised (2011)
I ask Grok to critique this book by Marc B. Shapiro: Marc B. Shapiro’s The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles Reappraised is a provocative and meticulously researched work that challenges a widely held assumption in Orthodox Judaism: that … Continue reading
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Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966 (1999)
I ask Grok to critique this book by Marc B. Shapiro: Marc B. Shapiro’s Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966 (published in 2002 by The Littman Library of Jewish … Continue reading
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Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New: The Unique Vision of Rav Kook (2025)
I ask Grok to critique Marc B. Shapiro’s new book: Marc B. Shapiro’s Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New: The Unique Vision of Rav Kook (published in 2025 by The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization) is a scholarly exploration of … Continue reading
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Will China Conquer Australia?
What is the significance of China’s live fire exercises in the Tasman Sea with regard to Australia’s ability to defend itself? What would it take for China to conquer Australia? Grok says: China’s live-fire naval exercises in the Tasman Sea, … Continue reading
The “German Historians’ Dispute” (German: Historikerstreit)
Google notes: “The “German Historians’ Dispute” (German: Historikerstreit) was a highly publicized and controversial debate among German historians in the late 1980s and early 1990s, primarily sparked by the publication of a controversial article in 1986 that downplayed the severity … Continue reading
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