Alan Brill
@kavvanah.bsky.social
Professor at Seton Hall, Interfaith, Jewish Thought, Comparative Theology, Modern Orthodoxy, and Kabbalah. Forthcoming Book: A Jewish Trinity: Contemporary Christian Theology Through Jewish Eyes (Fortress:2025) --find me on my blog kavvanah.blog
It would also apply to Christianity; if we remove the afterlife, then they also need to.
August 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It would also apply to Christianity; if we remove the afterlife, then they also need to.
H. Cohen - The Ramones??! really? I have seen the Ramones in their heyday- they were wild, sloppy, and fast, completely unlike the controlled & precise H Cohen. Maybe King Crimson is a better choice?
August 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
H. Cohen - The Ramones??! really? I have seen the Ramones in their heyday- they were wild, sloppy, and fast, completely unlike the controlled & precise H Cohen. Maybe King Crimson is a better choice?
It is not ethnographic. It is a late 19th-century position of primordial monotheism, despite henotheism, that works well as a modern reading of Maimonides. If there are ~9000 religions in the world and over 50 that are widely recognized, few discussions extend very far- whether clergy or academic
July 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It is not ethnographic. It is a late 19th-century position of primordial monotheism, despite henotheism, that works well as a modern reading of Maimonides. If there are ~9000 religions in the world and over 50 that are widely recognized, few discussions extend very far- whether clergy or academic
Rabbi Abraham Kook had a doctrine of evolution of cultures
July 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Rabbi Abraham Kook had a doctrine of evolution of cultures
We dont accept the Sages on science, medicine, dream interpretation, and many other matters. The legal tradition unfolds in context
July 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We dont accept the Sages on science, medicine, dream interpretation, and many other matters. The legal tradition unfolds in context
They are not monotheistic, they are a halakhic one Supreme Being. Good enough for legal criteria. This is not empirical but a legal-theological argument. It is similar to those Muslims who include Hindus and Buddhists under "people of the book"
July 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
They are not monotheistic, they are a halakhic one Supreme Being. Good enough for legal criteria. This is not empirical but a legal-theological argument. It is similar to those Muslims who include Hindus and Buddhists under "people of the book"
Will it be live-streamed or recorded?
February 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Will it be live-streamed or recorded?
Protestant countries used March 25th as New Year's until the 18th century. Everyone in Asia and elsewhere adopted it between 1890 and 1920 for standardization of dates and time for the sake of modern global communications and schedules.
January 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Protestant countries used March 25th as New Year's until the 18th century. Everyone in Asia and elsewhere adopted it between 1890 and 1920 for standardization of dates and time for the sake of modern global communications and schedules.
Stop it, go sit in front of a fireplace with a good drink. It is vacation for you also. You are not a grad student anymore.
December 17, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Stop it, go sit in front of a fireplace with a good drink. It is vacation for you also. You are not a grad student anymore.
Rabbi Israel Brodie who was defender of belief and wrote for newpspapers. I would check his collected essays. We know the sound of Brodie's voice defending dogma against Louis Jacobs.
December 5, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Rabbi Israel Brodie who was defender of belief and wrote for newpspapers. I would check his collected essays. We know the sound of Brodie's voice defending dogma against Louis Jacobs.