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I never tried to arrive at settled convictions about Jesus of Nazareth. Being Jewish, I saw no need to do that, except for holding a few broad-stroke opinions about certain views associated with Christianity. For example, take the belief that … Continue reading →
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Tagged "woman" not a social construct, 2000 year theology of contempt, Abel’s sacrifice accepted, anti-Jewish redactor of Matthew 27:25, anti-Jewish redactors of New Testament, anti-semitism and culture’s Ultimate, anti-semitism as cultural fashion, anti-semitism post October 7, asymmetrical erotic relations, asymmetrical personal relations, Cain and Abel, Cain’s sacrifice not accepted, campus anti-semitism, Chrisitian theology of contempt, christian doctrines, Christian self assessment as loving, Christian theology, Christian-Jewish friendships, crucifixion and Original Sin, cultural health, cultural pathology, culture and it’s Absolute, culture’s sense of meaning of life, culture’s Ultimate, Eden expulsion as analysis of human condition, fraternal rivalry, fratricide, Hegel’s cultural diagnostic, Hegelian questions, hillbilly gospel, historical Jesus, history and moral responsibility, interfaith discussions, Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus the Jew, Jesus vs Chrisitian anti-semitism, Jewish doctrines, Jewish view of good and evil, Jewish view of the Fall, Jewish view of the Garden of Eden, Jewish view of the Tree of Knowledge, Jewish views of Jesus, Jewish views of Original Sin, Jewish/Christian competition, let sleeping dogs lie, longest hatred, mindless groupthink, mission of Jesus, moral responsibility in Genesis, New Testament redactors, New Testament scholarship, nonsectarian surface and religious depth, October 7, original sin, Original Sin not a Jewish doctrine, Paul and Original Sin, Pauline claims and Judaism, phenomenon of anti-semitism, politics of early Christianity, politics of religion, Pontius Pilate, recent New Testament scholarship, religious depths of nonsectarian opinion, sacred and profane in culture, sources of recent anti-semitism, the Garden of Eden and the human condition, the human condition in Biblical stories, the record of Christianity and Judaism, theological disputes, theology of anti-semitism, two sons of Adam and Eve, understanding a culture through its view of the Absolute, What is sacred in a culture?, what Jesus believed, William Nicholls’ Christian Antisemitism: A History of Hate
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Loving Thyself
Sometimes the chief happenings of one’s life occur in the form of inward shifts. That’s been true of me lately. Late Saturday night, we returned from five days of neuropathy treatments in California. In the evenings, we dined with some … Continue reading →
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Men Worth Remembering
Men Worth Remembering Michael Wyschogrod was a theologian, philosopher and doer of quiet deeds of rescue for many, me included. Last Monday night, his colleagues organized a memorial meeting for him at Baruch College of The City University of New … Continue reading →
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