The Protest Movement Is Reviving an Ancient Tension in Iran’s National Character
But can it defeat the ayatollahs’ well-oiled machinery of oppression?
January 3, 2018
Did a Change in Humans’ Sense of Self Lead to a Change in Biblical Religion?
People stopped hearing God.
Drawing on research in psychology and neuroscience, the Bible scholar James Kugel argues in his book The Great Shift that between the writing of the earliest parts of the Hebrew Bible and the writing of the latest, ancient Israelites (and many of their contemporaries) began to think differently about selfhood. Kugel argues that this change precipitated the “shift” of his book’s title, in which people ceased to perceive themselves as able to hear God’s voice. (Interview by Alan Brill.)
January 3, 2018
Why West European Governments Funnel Cash to Anti-Israel, Pro-Terrorist Organizations
Just say “human rights” and collect checks.
Letting Saudi Arabia Host a Chess Tournament Was a Mistake
No Israelis allowed.
Franz Kafka, “Bambi,” and German Literature’s Jewish Animals
Bestiarum Judaicum.
Did a Change in Humans’ Sense of Self Lead to a Change in Biblical Religion?
People stopped hearing God.