Islam’s Compatibility with Science – By Robert Morrison
Robert Morrison on David A. King’s Islamic Astronomy and Geography Islam’s compatibility with science remains a prominent topic in public discourse. In a
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The Morning After – By Samuel Thrope
Samuel Thrope on Porochista Khakpour’s The Last Illusion I was in New York on September 11th. The sound of sirens jolted me out
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The Essenes and the Qumran Settlement – By Jodi Magness
Jodi Magness on Joan E. Taylor’s The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea Qumran was occupied from around 100 BCE to 68
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The Lewd, the Obscene, the Lascivious in Jewish Literature – By Stephen J. Whitfield
Stephen J. Whitfield on Josh Lambert’s Unclean Lips: Obscenity, Jews, and American Culture Have Jewish writers shown a proclivity for transgressions of good taste, for
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In Mecca’s Backyard – By Alexandre M. Roberts
Alexandre M. Roberts on Timothy Power’s The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate: AD 500–1000 A long coastal plain called the Tihama
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Jesus vs. Judaism … Again – By Eva Mroczek
Eva Mroczek on David A. deSilva’s The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude: What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha In 1973,
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“Arab,” “Jew,” and Identity in Israel – By Samuel Thrope
Samuel Thrope on Shadow in Baghdad Shadow in Baghdad – Trailer from Zygote Films on Vimeo. In 1946, Baghdad was a Jewish town.
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Enlightened Religion? Idealism as the History and Destiny of Modern Theology
Samuel Loncar on Gary Dorrien’s Kantian Reason and Hegelian Spirit: The Idealist Logic of Modern Theology Is a truly modern religion possible? Can faith survive
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A Tragedy of the Most Ironic Sort – By Todd Hasak-Lowy
Todd Hasak-Lowy on Ari Shavit’s My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel Every publishing season brings a new batch of titles dealing with
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Found in Translation – By John Hobbins
John Hobbins on Robert Alter’s translation with commentary of Joshua-2 Kings Robert Alter has been Englishing the Hebrew Bible to wide acclaim for
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