Rabbi David Sedley

A repository of written, audio and video Torah classes given by Rabbi David Sedley

Category: rational Judaism

  • Ehad HaAm and Rambam

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    I recently discovered that Echad Ha’Am wrote a very interesting booklet in memory of Maimonides’ 700th yahrzeit. In it he espouses the ‘rational http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifRambam’ and claims that Rambam’s faith was always guided primarily by philosophy. He shows a greater familiarity with a wider range of Rambam texts than most yeshiva students now – in keeping… Read more

  • Is there such a thing as rational Judaism?

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    Can religion really work with rationalism? There are many good books which try to bridge the gap between them (the ‘first and best’ of which was Challenge: Torah Views on Science and Its Problems, and of course there are the books of Rabbi Slifkin including The Challenge of Creation: Judaism’s Encounter with Science, Cosmology, and… Read more