This review gives a broad overview of the recent volumes of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein’s thought. Topics covered in the review include his approach to Judaism, an analysis of his intellectual influences, his views of modernity, and his place in contemporary Orthodoxy. The review points out the seminal role of these essays for the formation of Centrist Orthodox thought over the last thirty years. B...

The history of the Messiah in Judaism is a disappointed hopes. Again and again, there were salvation fi gures to whom this role was ascribed. But redemption from occupation foreign rule, exile, oppression persecution failed materialize. Therefore, expectation fell periphery Jewish theology. This article examinesin what ways messianic concept plays modern times it contributes describing relation...

Abstract Several recent studies on Justin’s Dialogue with Trypho the Jew have argued that should not be read as a witness to state of theological debate between Jews and Christ-followers in second century. Such arguments conclude Justin does engage actual Jewish perspectives, but rather reconstructs hypothetical Judaism from second-hand, polemical sources, or merely uses Trypho’s “Judaism” stan...

a doctrine which has played a significant role in the beliefs of the jews, the christians and the moslems is the issue of the garden of eden and the renowned tree in it (one tree in islam, and two trees in the judaism and christianity, i.e. the tree of life and the tree of knowledge). this essay deals with a comparative study of the forbidden tree in judaism and islam, and for this sake we have...

The principle of keruv1 is central to the ideals and aspirations of Judaism. We frequently cite as one of our most important goals the need to bring those who are only tangentially involved in things Jewish closer to the center of Jewish life and to make Judaism more central to their lives. While the term keruv is most frequently invoked with regard to Jews, the same attitude might be of import...