How Greek Philosophy Reshaped Judaism
Philosophy Embedded in Jewish Religion: The Pharisees and Sadducees Although Antiochus Epiphanes’ attack on Jewish religion culminated in the desecration of the Temple and the …
Articles examining the relationship between Greek philosophy, religious doctrine, biblical interpretation, and the historical development of theology.
Philosophy Embedded in Jewish Religion: The Pharisees and Sadducees Although Antiochus Epiphanes’ attack on Jewish religion culminated in the desecration of the Temple and the …
The Infiltration of Philosophy into Christian Religion After philosophy had a major impact on Jewish religion, the same influence began to penetrate Christianity in the …
In the history of human thought, few breaks have had effects as deep and lasting as the separation between human conscience and universally valid truth—a …
For several decades now, modern academia has been playing a new tune: each civilization supposedly arose and developed “independently,” like isolated islands, without any structural …
All canons appear after 280 BC. If we look at history, we notice a fact that few people discuss: none of the great religions of …
1. The Thesis Stated Without Detours All major religious canons—the Bible (Old and New Testaments), the Qur’an with its entire apparatus of hadith and fiqh, …
The Septuagint was philosophy’s Trojan horse. But once it had entered the city, the operation did not stop there. From India to China, from Jerusalem …
Greek philosophy did not need gods. It needed mechanisms. And the “canon” is the supreme mechanism: you fix a corpus, standardize meaning, create a caste …
In the history of ideas, few things are more surprising than the way contradiction – once the unmistakable sign of faulty thinking – came to …
Throughout history, philosophy and theology have been intimately tied to the question of who holds authority over truth. These disciplines, which present themselves as devoted …
The conflict between philosophy and revelation is a profound tension that has shaped humanity from the earliest times. Philosophy, rooted in reason and observation, has …
During the life and ministry of Jesus, the conflict between Him and the Jewish religious leaders was not merely personal or political but represented a …