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October 2024

Resurgence of Controversy: R. Shlomo Petit vs. R. Hillel of Verona & R. Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera
🎓 In the late 1280s, the attempt to ban Sefer ha-Madda and Moreh ha-Nevuchim resurfaced—but was firmly stamped out by Maimonideans, east and west.
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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Audio | Resurgence of Controversy: R. Shlomo Petit vs. R. Hillel of Verona & R. Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera
🎓 In the late 1280s, the attempt to ban Sefer ha-Madda and Moreh ha-Nevuchim resurfaced—but was firmly stamped out by Maimonideans, east and west.
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
16:26
Where Books Burn: The Maimonidean Controversy of the 1230s
🎓 The controversy about Rambam's theological stances, halachic method, and legal rulings, which simmered from the time of Raavad and Ramah, exploded in…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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Audio | Where Books Burn: The Maimonidean Controversy of the 1230s
🎓 The controversy about Rambam's theological stances, halachic method, and legal rulings, which simmered from the time of Raavad and Ramah, exploded in…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
11:44
The Ramah's Complex Campaign Against Rambam
🎓 The highly-regarded Toledo authority waged an uphill battle against what he viewed as problematic ideas and positions in Rambam's works—until he…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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Audio | The Ramah's Complex Campaign Against Rambam
🎓 The highly-regarded Toledo authority waged an uphill battle against what he viewed as problematic ideas and positions in Rambam's works—until he…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
12:22
Tishrei 5785: The Lives and Afterlives of U-Netaneh Tokef
❤️‍🔥 The haunting Rosh Hashana piyut U-Netaneh Tokef has a contested backstory, but the complex realities behind its many lives and afterlives tells…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
Audio | Tishrei 5785: The Lives and Afterlives of U-Netaneh Tokef
❤️‍🔥 The haunting Rosh Hashana piyut U-Netaneh Tokef has a contested backstory, but the complex realities behind its many lives and afterlives tells…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
14:44

September 2024

An Early Maimonidean Controversy in the East
🎓 The Maimonidean controversies began even during the Rambam's lifetime. Today, we look closely at one of these early cultural conversations that took…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
Audio | An Early Maimonidean Controversy in the East
🎓 The Maimonidean controversies began even during the Rambam's lifetime. Today, we look closely at one of these early cultural conversations that took…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
14:13
The Maimonidean Controversies: Series Introduction
🎓 Judaism is still grappling with apparent conflicts between human reason and Torah, but the past has a set of test cases for us to explore as we go…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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