Epstein Secrets

s an undesirable element, "strangers dwelling in their midst and practicing different rites." These exiles settled in Judea under the leadership of Moses, who instituted for them "an unsocial and intolerant mode of life." Already, Nirenberg observes, we can detect "what would become a fundamental co

ti-Judaism can flourish perfectly well without them, since its target is not a group of people but an idea. Nirenberg's thesis is that this idea of Judaism, which bears only a passing resemblance to Judaism as practiced and lived by Jews, has been at the very center of Western civilization since the b

escribed as to hear God "speak." Dallas Willard, a beloved evangelical's intellectual, puts it baldly: that God's face-to-face conversations with Moses are the "normal human life God intended for us." I conducted ethnographic fieldwork at a church that exemplifies this approach to God, a Vineyard

t in modem theories about the very nature of religion." Modem objections to anthropomorphism have taken two major forms. First, traditions within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have long opposed the worship of "idols," and regarded anthropomorphism as a dangerous assault against genuine piety and

is described as to hear God “speak.” Dallas Willard, a beloved evangelical’s intellectual, puts it baldly: that God’s face-to-face conversations with Moses are the “normal human life God intended for us.” I conducted ethnographic fieldwork at a church that exemplifies this approach to God, a Vineyard Chr

ept in modern theories about the very nature of religion.” Modern objections to anthropomorphism have taken two major forms. First, traditions within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have long opposed the worship of “idols,” and regarded anthropomorphism as a dangerous assault against genuine piety and pro