Becoming Self-Aware In Words: A Sanskrit Lexicon of Emotions
Sophus Helle on Words for the Heart Literacy begins with lexicons. An ancient Egyptian text named The Onomasticon of Amenope opens with a
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The Cherubim: From Guardians of Eden to Auschwitz
James A. Diamond Anxiety of Cherubim I have been thinking for quite some time now about the significance of angels in the Jewish
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Marginalia’s Fall 2022 Quarterly
“Space exploration helps us grow as human beings.We are driven to seek beyond…” – Lindy Elkins-TantonPrincipal Investigator of the NASA mission to Psyche_______
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Formative Years of Islamic History
Isabel Toral-Niehoff on Tobias Andersson The emergence of Arabic history-writing in early Islam is a complex phenomenon. On the one hand, it drew
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Thoreau and The Future of Social Justice
Alda Balthrop-Lewis At various moments in the 20th century, some corners of US academic culture were blinded to religion, having been seduced by
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Thoreau’s Religious Self: A Model for Our Moment?
Rebecca Kneale Gould on Thoreau’s Religion Alda Balthrop-Lewis is not the first to focus on Thoreau with attention to Thoreau’s religion. She is,
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Mysticism and Kabbalah: A Controversy
Pinchas Giller on Boaz Huss and Clemence Boulouque Since the days of ancient Egypt, religion was a business pursued by families and supporting
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History’s Imagined Past: How Scholars Invented Historical Time
Sarit Kattan Gribetz on Oded Steinberg’s Race, Nation, History The fields of rabbinics and ancient Judaism have long asked a tantalizing question: Was
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Religious Naturalism: Thoreau, Justice, and The Human
Carol Wayne White on Thoreau’s Religion There is much to mine and appreciate in Alda Balthrop-Lewis’ capacious rendering of Thoreau’s religiosity. Thoreau’s Religion:
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Hebrew Literature and The Fate of American Hebraism
Yeshua G. B. Tolle Until recently, several plastic tubs and cardboard boxes sat gathering dust in the basement of DePauw University’s spiritual life
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