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Hebraic thought in modern psychology

Modern Psychology Was Built on Greek Ideas—but It Needs Hebraic Ones

An interview with psychologist Dr. Kalman Kaplan

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Which Ten? How We Number the Ten Commandments Matters

There are at least three places in the Ten Commandments where punctuation needs to be clarified with important implications for interpretation.

Joseph Soloveitchik

Joseph Soloveitchik: Um Rabino Imigrante que Revitalizou o Judaísmo Ortodoxo Americano

O rabino Joseph Soloveitchik, um imigrante e polímata, ajudou a revitalizar o judaísmo ortodoxo e o estudo da Torá na América do Norte.

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The Bible as God’s Word—and Also as Great Literature

The Bible as literature transcends religious creeds while still being the unique, authoritative Word of God.

Part of the False Dichotomies in the Church series

Reason vs. Revelation

‘Revelation’: Another Name for How God Reasons with Us

Biblical revelation from God involves a kind of reasoning; it is reason at its most powerful and productive.

Part of the False Dichotomies in the Church series

A woman in jail

Biblical Law and the Scandal of Mass Imprisonment

In an era of mass imprisonment, biblical law could transform our idea of just punishment. It might even revolutionize our penal system.

Cedars in Israel

Before Plato, Jotham Extolled the ‘Reluctant Ruler’

Centuries before Plato wrote that the best rulers are reluctant ones, Jotham in the book of Judges told a fable arguing the same.

Zoom church

How Pandemic ‘Zoom Church’ Revealed Long-Brewing Bible Illiteracy

Did Bible illiteracy help lead to the video church services we dislike so much? Though we’re grudgingly thankful for the…

A woman cries with her daughter sitting at her feet

Some Limits of Empathy: Insights from Hebraic Thought and Neuroscience

To understand empathy’s limits, let’s turn to ancient Hebraic insights about empathy, which receive support from modern neuroscience.