Evergreen
God the Creator
Unlike the creation stories of other Near Eastern cultures, the biblical creation story is not concerned with God's origins.
Modern Jewish Views of God
Modernity raised serious challenges for traditional conceptions of God.
God’s Phallus
Surprisingly enough, gender-sensitive critiques of the Jewish God can create problems for notions of masculinity.
God Language and Liturgy
Jewish feminists imagine and address God in a multiplicity of ways, both innovative and traditional.
Novelists in the Nineties
In the 1970s, literary critics predicted the demise of the Jewish American novel. A talented group of novelists proved them wrong.
The Experience and Nearness of God
Martin Buber and Abraham Joshua Heschel stressed the human encounter with God.
Maimonides’ Conception of God
The Guide for the Perplexed tells us more about what God isn't than what God is.
Saadiah Gaon’s Theology
Written in 933, The Book of Beliefs and Opinions provided rational analysis of God and Judaism, setting a precedent for medieval philosophers.