Is there a difference between human and animal souls? Is there a hereafter at all, and if so, does righteousness or wickedness affect it? These questions, discussed by Greek philosophers, inspired the Judean discourse of the Hellenistic period. Ecclesiastes on one side, 1 Enoch and the Wisdom of Solomon on the other.
Dr.
Nili Samet
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In his idealistic youth, Shadal argued in favor of the earlier rabbis’ contention that Kohelet is heretical and should have been suppressed. With age, he came to appreciate it as a lesson about the search for happiness and meaning in life.
Prof. Rabbi
Marty Lockshin
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A pediatric neurologist searches for the soul through the lens of current neuroscience.
Dr.
Joel Yehudah Rutman
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“And the Lord Blessed the Seventh Day and Consecrated It” (Genesis 2:3). Can time be blessed?
Prof. Rabbi
David Frankel
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When God sees the evil of humanity, God is sorrowful in his heart (Genesis 6:6) and destroys humanity in a flood, only to regret it afterwards. Promising never to destroy humanity again, God takes a new approach.
Rabbi
Hanan Schlesinger
