The concept of God’s oneness stands at the very heart of Judaism. From the thunderous declaration of the “Shema” to the theological reflections of medieval philosophers and mystics, Jewish thinkers ...
Editor's note: Because of a production error, part of this column was omitted from last week's religion page; it is reprinted in full below. The Hebrew spelling for "I am" also has been corrected. In ...
The two major forms of anthropomorphism are physical anthropomorphism, which uses physical or bodily features to describe God’s actions; and mental or psychological anthropomorphism which uses human ...
On his first page, Green (Seek My Face, Speak My Name) states that this book is in large measure his response to a challenge to ""write theology for theologians."" Accordingly, what he has produced is ...
Paul Plotkin, a retired Conservative rabbi, said he feels his “certainty of a God is constantly under attack from somewhere deep inside of me,” as though his faith “is like an outside entity that my ...
The sound of the shofar at Rosh Hashanah, the great 12th-century Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides wrote, is a wake-up call for the soul. Its message: "Arise from your slumber! Search your ways and ...
An existential question many people spend their lifetime seeking an answer to is "Where can God be found?" Some in the Jewish faith believe they already know the answer to that question and say ...