The Problem of the New Testament
A close reading of the New Testament's portrayal of the Pharisees and Scribes—and why that portrayal cannot be reconciled with what is known of the historical Sanhedrin.
Editorial
From the editors...
On Redemption
A meditation on the Jewish doctrine of teshuva, the Jewish Messianic expectation, and what Christianity inherited and what it altered.
Continue reading →A Case for Existence, A Case for God
The Editor's philosophical argument for existence, for others, and for a higher pattern—written for his children, accessible in the manner of a friendly conversation.
God's Pronoun
What pronoun should we use for God? A meditation drawing on the Ba'al Shem Tov, Kabbalah, and Martin Buber.
Shaatnez (Wool & Linen)
A response to a Christian article on the wool-linen prohibition—clarifying its halachic scope, the major rabbinic readings, and the importance of not casually dismissing ancient Jewish law.
The Name We Don't Say
On divine names, and the many careful ways Jews decline to write them.
Moshe and Noach: One Soul, Two Lives
The Arizal's teaching that Moshe Rabbeinu was the reincarnation of Noach—and how a leader's failure to pray for his generation was repaired centuries later at the foot of Sinai.
The Journey of the Soul: Gilgul Neshamot in Jewish Thought (Prologue)
The prologue of the Editor's full treatise on gilgul neshamot—the rationalist and mystical traditions of soul-transmigration in Judaism, with detailed engagement of DovBer Pinson's contemporary synthesis.