Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
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Videos of annual Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures held by the University of Washington Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.
Recent Submissions
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Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Biblical Research, pt. 2
(University of Washington Press, 1985)Discussion of how archaeology today can illuminate the world of the Bible, specifically the Israelite settlement in Canaan, and how it is possible to reconstruct the lost background of the Israelite cults. -
Biblical Politics, pt. 3
(2008)Walzer examines the laws, the histories, the prophecies, and the wisdom of the ancient biblical writers and discusses their views on such central political questions as justice, hierarchy, war, the authority of kings and ... -
“Behind a Best Seller: Kabbalah, Science, and Loving One’s Neighbor in Pinhas Hurwitz’s Sefer ha-Brit”
(University of Washington Press, 2012)This manuscript is a literary history of The Book of Covenant, an encyclopedic work of science, philosophy, and ethics written in the late-eighteenth century by Jewish philosopher and polymath Pinhas Hurwitz. Ruderman ... -
“Behind a Best Seller: Kabbalah, Science, and Loving One’s Neighbor in Pinhas Hurwitz’s Sefer ha-Brit”
(University of Washington Press, 2012)This manuscript is a literary history of The Book of Covenant, an encyclopedic work of science, philosophy, and ethics written in the late-eighteenth century by Jewish philosopher and polymath Pinhas Hurwitz. Ruderman ... -
Speaking in Tongues: Translating Yiddish in the 20th Century, pt. 3
(University of Washington Press, 2006)Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional ... -
Biblical Politics, pt. 2
(2008)Walzer examines the laws, the histories, the prophecies, and the wisdom of the ancient biblical writers and discusses their views on such central political questions as justice, hierarchy, war, the authority of kings and ... -
Biblical Politics, pt. 1
(2008)Walzer examines the laws, the histories, the prophecies, and the wisdom of the ancient biblical writers and discusses their views on such central political questions as justice, hierarchy, war, the authority of kings and ...