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Jewish Political Theology: A Conversation between Fields

Political scientist Miguel Vatter has written a compelling new book on the philosophy of Jewish political theology, and he’s done so from outside the field of Jewish studies.

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The 19th-Century Convert Moses Margoliouth

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In the current issue, David Ruderman explores the lonely life of Moses Margoliouth (1818–1881), a Polish Jew who became a Christian scholar and a minister in the Anglican church. Filled with religious certainty and intellectual confidence...
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New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Winter 2019

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JQR 109.1 is now available, online* and in print.
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The Convert and the Concubine: A Story of Love, Islam, and Halakhic Flexibility

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This year at the Katz Center the fellows have spoken about how little research has been conducted on modern Jewish legal sources from Islamic lands. With this in mind, I’m presenting one such source to show the promise that legal texts have for shedding light on both social and intellectual history.

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What’s Steven Spielberg Got to Do with Nineteenth-Century Jewish Literature?

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