Judaism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
There and Back Again: A First-Century Jewish Tale
Captivity: A Novelby György SpiróNew York: Restless Books, 864 pages, $29.99 Michael Chabon once wrote a novel…
The Holy Family
Of the Passover festival in Jerusalem, St. Luke concisely reports, “When the festival was ended, Jesus stayed…
Overlooked Philosophy
Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Vol. II by…
If the Law Isn’t In Heaven, Where Is It?
What’s Divine About Divine Law? by Christine Hayes Princeton, 432 pages, $39.50 In one of its more…
The Road to Nostra Aetate
Of all the documents of Vatican II, few have been more discussed and written about than Nostra…
Nostra Aetate Fifty Years On
It was, on the face of it, a minor theological gesture, yet it brought about one of…
St. Paul and Consumer Society
According to many contemporary scholars, the apostle Paul didn’t object to “Judaizers” because they taught that salvation…
Burning Churches in Israel
Earlier this summer, in the spot on the Sea of Galilee traditionally hailed as the site of…
A New Christian Zionism
Critics of Christian Zionism usually dismiss it for one or more of three reasons: (1) They say…
The Mantle of Elijah
Many think of Modern Orthodoxy as a tepid compromise—Orthodoxy Lite, an accommodation with the values of bourgeois…
Rethinking Theology and Matter with Ibn Gabirol
Solomon Ibn Gabirol (1021–1058) was the first Jewish philosopher in Spain, but medieval Christians knew him only…
Why Should a Jew Care Whether Christianity Lives or Dies?
I argued last month that Pope Francis ought to see the reconversion of Europe as his most…
After the Christian Century
Earlier this month, a website called Veterans News Now (VNN), removed James M. Wall from its editorial…
How to Battle for Hearts and Minds
In a forthcoming issue of First Things, I review a fine book by Michael McVicar, who teaches at Florida…
A Nation Pulling Apart
That my mother hated Jews was clear, although why she hated them was one of those shameful…
