Listen Chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis present drastically different narratives of the creation of humans. As we may observe in the narrative of Gen 1:26–31, there is no difference in any respect between man and woman. The term Adam ...
Listen Whether atheism, in the sense of the dogmatic denial of God’s existence, was accepted by anybody in Biblical and Rabbinic times is doubtful; but both in Bible and Talmud the concern was with the practical atheist who conducted his ...
Listen The straw man fallacy can involve exaggeration or misquotation, as well as other forms of distortion of an opponent’s position. Consider the following dialogue (Freeman 1988, p. 88) in which one party attacks the prior argument of another.Example 1.9C: ...
Listen [Code of Intellectual Conduct]:5. The Principle of Charity If a participant’s argument is reformulated by an opponent, it should be carefully expressed in its strongest possible version that is consistent with what is believed to be the original intention ...
Listen The noted historian, Barbara Tuchman, wrote in the Saturday Review in December 1966, “Let us beware of the plight of our colleagues, the behavioral scientists, who by use of a proliferating jargon have painted themselves into a corner—or isolation ...
Listen It happened at the end of [the] seven-day period that the word of HASHEM came to me, saying, “Son of Man, I have appointed you a sentinel for the House of Israel; when you hear a matter from My ...
Listen For a Jew to cheat a Gentile is worse than cheating a Jew.Better a man that hides his folly than one who hides his wisdom!Wives save men from sin.A gathering of the wicked is an evil for them and ...
Listen I sometimes feel that it is my destiny to alert the Jewish community to things it does not want to know. First, that alcoholism is a problem among Jews, then drugs among young people, then spouse abuse. Now I ...
Listen [Reform] However, if you say that you are in possession of absolute truth, I find this most troubling—and yes—it makes those who so believe dangerous. Here is where I raised the thinking of Isaiah Berlin. Berlin writes: “One belief ...
Listen We asked [Simon] Plosker if he thought the anti-Israel bias was anti-Semitic. He responded: I think it’s unsophisticated to blame all the bias we see on anti-Semitism. A lot of times it’s ignorance. Journalists come here without any understanding ...