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Why Should Jews Love God, and Why Does God Love Them? A Jewish Debate

March 18, 2014
All Day
Columbus Jewish Community Center, 1125 College Ave.

Event Host: The Melton Center for Jewish Studies


Jon Levenson, Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard University

Post lecture response by Sam Meier, Professor of Bible and Ancient Israelite History, The Ohio State University

The love of God is a central aspect of Judaism; in fact, the classical sources require it of Jews. But on what is it based, or, to put the issue more colloquially, what is lovable about God? The tradition also insists that God loves the Jewish people, and here, too, the same question can be asked: Why? What is so lovable about the Jews? The classical sources present a range of answers to both questions and, in the process, reveal much about the dynamics of God and humanity in the Jewish tradition.

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Program supported by the Allene N. Gilman Charitable Trust and co-sponsored with the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures and the Department of Comparative Studies.

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