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77. Rabbinic Attitudes | Dr. Marc Hirshman (Universalism & Particularism #2)
Season 1 Episode 77
J.J. and Dr. Marc Hirshman dissect the schools of R. Akiva and R. Yishmael to understand the central rabbinic arguments about universalism and partic…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
76. Biblical Attitudes | Dr. Ethan Schwartz (Universalism & Particularism #1)
Season 1 Episode 76
J.J. and Dr. Ethan Schwartz explore the categories of religious universalism and particularism in the Bible.
This is the first episode in our miniseri…
10 months ago
75. The Book of Ben Sira | Dr. Michael Satlow
Season 1 Episode 75
J.J. and Dr. Michael Satlow offer an authentic account of this apocryphal book of wisdom literature.
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10 months, 1 week ago
74. The Global Haskalah | Dr. Lital Levy
Season 1 Episode 74
J.J. and Dr. Lital Levy explore the Jewish Nahda, and the border-ignoring breadth of the Haskalah.
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11 months, 1 week ago
73. Offerings & Sacrifices | Dr. Shlomo Zuckier
Season 1 Episode 73
J.J. and Dr. Shlomo Zuckier offer up some sweet-smelling insight into the history and future of sacrifices.
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11 months, 3 weeks ago
72. Piyyut & Midrash | Dr. Tzvi Novick
Season 1 Episode 72
J.J. and Dr. Tzvi Novick talk prayer, poetry, homily, and some very-old-fashioned exegesis.
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1 year ago
71. Heinrich Graetz | Dr. Jeffrey Blutinger
Season 1 Episode 71
J.J. and Dr. Jeffrey Blutinger discuss the work and impact of the most influential Jewish Historian since Josephus.
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1 year ago
70. Jewish Neoplatonism | Dr. Sarah Pessin
Season 1 Episode 70
J.J. and Dr. Sarah Pessin overflow with curiosity about the poetic philosophy of the Medieval Jewish Neoplatonists.
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1 year, 1 month ago
69. American-Israeli Thought | Dr. Adam Ferziger
Season 1 Episode 69
J.J. and Dr. Adam Ferziger crisscross the Atlantic to better understand the influence of American Orthodoxy on Israel, and vice versa.
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1 year, 1 month ago
68. Yitzchak Hutner | Dr. Alon Shalev
Season 1 Episode 68
J.J. and Dr. Alon Shalev discuss the iconoclastic ideas and character of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner.
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1 year, 2 months ago