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Nov 17

Nov 17 On Reading Childhood Death in the Biblical Text

Kristine Henriksen Garroway, Ph.D.

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Jewish tradition offers a way of facing up to the scandal of human frailty and morality. COVID-19 has brought this reality into stark relief in recent months, and so the consciousness that there is no novelty in tragedy may provide a degree of comfort and perspective, even in trying times. Scholar of the Ancient Near East Kristine Henriksen Garroway, Ph.D. offers a way to reach across the centuries and find the most acute, the most contemporary human reality.

Aug 31

Aug 31 Uncertainty, Action, and Faith: Talmudic Theological Musings for the Year(s) of COVID

Alyssa M. Gray, J.D., PH.D.

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In this exercise in Rabbinic Theology, noted scholar of the Talmud Alyssa M. Gray, J.D, Ph.D., presents a portrait of God as known to the Sages of the Talmud. In this period of uncertainty, the ancient quest seems more germane and more urgent than ever.