Menachem Kellner

Higher Education 1973 Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis 1969 M.A., Washington University, St. Louis 1966 B.A., Washington University, St. Louis 1969-1970 Hebrew University, 1966-1967 New York University, New York 1964-1965 Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1962-1963 Yeshivat Merkaz Harav, Jerusalem

Career 2005 Scholar in Residence, Foundation for (Washington, DC) 1995- Present Full Professor, University of Haifa 1992 Scholar in Residence, Foundation for Jewish Studies (Washington, DC) 1992-1993 Visiting Professor, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne (Paris) 1992 Visiting Professor, Northwestern University 1990-2005 Wolfson Chair of Jewish Thought, University of Haifa 1987-1995 Associate Professor, University of Haifa 1980-1987 Senior Lecturer, University of Haifa (Tenure: 1983) 1978-1979 Visiting Senior Lecturer, University of Haifa 1975-1980 Assistant Professor, 1973-1975 Lecturer, College of William and Mary 1972-1973 Acting Assistant Professor, University of Virginia

University of Haifa – Administration and Selected Public Activities 2006- Present Honorary Doctorate Committee, Appointments Committee 2003-2006 Faculty of Humanities 1999-2003 Editor, University of Haifa Press, English Division 1998- Present Director, Project 'Be-Zavta' 1997-2002 University Committee 1995-2003 Board of Directors, Haifa University Press 1995-1998 Committee on Campus Physical Development 1995-1998 University Board of Governors 1994-1997 Committee on Physical Education 1994-1997 Chair, Dormitory Committee 1994-1997 Chair, Scholarships Committee 1994-1997 Dean of Students 1994-1997 University Senate, Standing Executive Committee 1994-1996 Chair, Tuition Exceptions Committee 1993-1996 Chair, University Library Committee 1993-1994 Head of Preparatory Program (Mechinah) 1990-1991 University Board of Governors 1989-1994 School of Social Work, Permanent Governing Council 1989-1992, 1994 University Senate 1989-1992 University Senate, Standing Executive Committee 1989-1991 Faculty Union Governing Board 1989-1991 Chair, Committee on Faculty Remuneration 1989-1991 Graduate School Governing Council 1988-1991 Department of Maritime Civilizations 1985-1986 Chair, Coordinating Committee on Students from Ethiopia 1983-1987 Assistant University Disciplinarian 1983-1985 Chair, Steering Committee for Overseas Students Program

Outside the University of Haifa 2009- Present Senior Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy, Political Theory and Religion, Shalem Center 2007-2009 Appointments Committee, Sha'anan College 2006-2008 Executive Committee, International Advisery Board for Academic Freedom (IAB), Bar-Ilan University 2005 Academic Governing Council, Standing Executive Committee, College 2005-2009 Chair, Academic Governing Council, Sha'anan College 2003 Academic Governing Council, Safed College 2002-2009 Academic Governing Council, Gordon College of Education

Awards and Fellowships 1999 National Jewish Book Award Short List for Must a Believe Anything? 1993 Kaniel Award for Judaic Scholarship, Haifa Municipality 1971-1972 Wilson Foundation Teaching Internship (declined) 1968-1971 NDEA Title IV Fellow 1966-1967 Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1966 B.A. (Magna cum laude), Washington University

Grants 1990-1991 Memorial Foundation 1990 Littauer Foundation 1990 American Academy for Jewish Research 1987-1988 Memorial Foundation 1985 American Academy for Jewish Research 1981 Ministry of Immigrant Absorption 1976, 1977, 1979 University of Virginia 1969 Memorial Foundation 1969 Hebrew University

Doctoral Supervision 2011 Asaf Turgeman, "Myth, History, and Mythhistory: Anti-Jewish Hatred in Israeli Political Discourse," Ph.D. 2010 Neta Ecker-Rozinger, "Universalistic Elements in the Thought of R. Eliezer Ashkenazi," Ph.D. 2008 Shlomo Yishai, "The Jewish Believer's Emotions: Emotions and Their Role in Worshipping – Central Medieval Philosophical Perceptions," Ph.D. 2006 Seth Avi Kadish, "The Book of : R. Shimon ben Zemah Duran and the School of Rabbenu Nissim Gerondi," Ph.D. 2005 Gedaliah Oren, "R. Menachem Meiri on 'Others'," Ph.D. 2003 Erez Peleg, "Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov's Critique of Philosophy," Ph.D. 2002 Miriam Sivan, "The Seeker and the Sought: Cynthia Ozick's Fiction in Motion," Ph.D. 1997 Amy Rosenbaum, "Uncommon Ground: Using 's Philosophy to Set the Parameters of Jewish-Christian Dialogue," Ph.D. (Northwestern University).

Fourteen M.A. theses completed; five doctoral dissertations in progress.

List of Publications – Refereed Books 1. in the Observatory: , , Song of Songs (Brighton: Academic Studies Press, 2010). 2. Science in the Bet : Studies in Maimonides (Brighton: Academic Studies Press, 2009). 3. Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism (London: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2006). Revised paperback edition published in 2010. 4. Maimonid O Judaizmu I Jevrejskom Narodu (Belgrade: Pismo, 2000). 5. Must a Jew Believe Anything? (London: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1999). Second edition, revised and expanded, published in 2006. 6. Maimonides on the Decline of the Generations and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority (Albany: SUNY Press, 1996). 7. Maimonides on and the Jewish People (Albany: SUNY Press, 1991). 8. Maimonides on Human Perfection, Brown Judaic Studies Series (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990). 9. Dogma in Medieval Jewish Thought (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986). Paperback edition printed in 2004.

Edited Books 1. Gersonides, Commentary on Song of Songs (Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University, 2001). 2. Menachem Kellner, and Charles Manekin, eds., Human Freedom and Moral Responsibility: General and Jewish Perspectives (College Park: University of Maryland Press, 1997). 3. The Pursuit of the Ideal: Jewish Writings of Steven Schwarzschild (Albany: SUNY Press, 1990). 4. Abravanel, Rosh Amanah (Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1993). [Hebrew] 5. Contemporary (New York: Press, 1978). Second printing in 1985.

Articles 1. "'The Voice is the Voice of , but the Hands are the Hands of Esau': Isaac Abravanel between and Maimonides," (forthcoming). 2. "From Moses to Moses," Rambam Maimonides [Open Access] Medical Journal 1 (2010), pp. 1-5. 3. "R' Joseph Kafih on the Question: 'Who is a Jew?'," Sha'anan 16 (2010), pp. 171-177. [Hebrew] 4. "Maimonides' 'True Religion' – for , or All Humanity?" Me'orot [Edah Journal] 7 (1) (2008). 5. "A New and Unexpected Textual Witness to the Reading 'He Who Kills a Single Person – It Is as if He Destroyed an Entire World," Tarbiz 75 (2007), pp. 565-566. [Hebrew] 6. "Did the Torah Precede the Cosmos? – A Maimonidean Study," Da'at 61 (2007), pp. 83-96. [Hebrew] 7.a. "'Farteitsht un Farbessert': Comments on Tendentious 'Corrections' to Maimonidean Texts," Be-Darkei Shalom: Iyyunim be-Hagut Yehudit Mugashim li-Shalom Rosenberg, B. Ish-Shalom, ed. (Jerusalem: Bet Morashah, 2006), pp. 255-263. [Hebrew] 7.b. English translation published in Me'orot [Edah Journal] 6 (2) (2007), pp. 1-13. 8. "Worship of the Heart vs. Worship in the Temple," Sha'anan 10 (2005), pp. 131-139. [Hebrew] 9. "'' – Why?" Mesorah le-Yosef 4 (2005), pp. 316-329. [Hebrew] 10. "The Moral Significance of the Laws of Ritual Purity and Impurity," Sha'anan 9 (2004), pp. 213-221. [Hebrew] 11. "A Selected Bibliography of Studies on Maimonides, 1991-," Jewish History 18 (2004), pp. 243-289. 12. " in Politics: A Study in Medieval and Modern Jewish Political Theory," State and Society 3 (2003), pp. 673-698. [Hebrew] 13. "Maimonides on the Nature of Ritual Purity and Impurity," Da'at 50-52 (2003), pp. 1-30. 14. "Bibliographia Gersonideana 1992-2002," Aleph 3 (2003), pp. 343-374. 15. "Is Maimonides' Ideal Person Austerely Rationalist?" American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 76 (2002), pp. 125-143. 16. "Was Maimonides Truly Universalist?" Trumah: Beitraege zur juedischen Philosophie 11 (Festgabe zum 80. Geburtstag von Ze'ev Levy) (2001), pp. 3-15. 17.a. "Strauss' Maimonides vs. Maimonides' Maimonides," Le'ela (Dec, 2000), pp. 29-36. 17.b. Hebrew translation published in Iyyun 50 (2001), pp. 397-406. 18. "Can Orthodoxy Share the Public Square?" Jewish Political Studies Review 11 (1999), pp. 127-143. 19. "Could Maimonides Get into Rambam's ?" Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 8 (1999), pp. 231-242. 20. "Maimonides' Allegiances to Torah and Science," Torah U‟mada 7 (1997), pp. 88-104. 21. "Well, Can There Be Jewish Ethics or Not?" Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 5 (1996), pp. 237-241. 22. "On Universalism and Particularism in Judaism," Da'at 36 (1996), pp. v-xv. 23. "Gersonides on Imitatio Dei and the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge," Jewish Quarterly Review 85 (1995), pp. 275-296. 24. "Isaac Abravanel on Dogma and Faith," Da'at 32-33 (1994), pp. xlvii-lix. 25. "Politics and Perfection: Gersonides vs. Maimonides," Jewish Political Studies Review 6 (1994), pp. 49-82. 26. "Gersonides on the Song of Songs and the Nature of Science," Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 4 (1994), pp. 1-21. 27. "Gersonides on the Role of the Active Intellect in Human Cognition," Hebrew Union College Annual 65 (1994), pp. 233-259. 28. "Maimonides on the Science of the Mishneh Torah," AJS Review 18 (1993), pp. 169-194. 29. "Reading Rambam: Approaches to the Interpretation of Maimonides," Jewish History 5 (1991), pp. 73-93. 30. "Maimonides' Conception of the Ultimate Meaning of Life," Journal of Ultimate Reality and Meaning 14 (1991), pp. 175-184. 31. "On the Status of the Astronomy and Physics in Maimonides' Mishneh Torah: A Chapter in the History of Science," British Journal for the History of Science 24 (1991), pp. 453-463. 32. "The Place of Ethics in Medieval ," Judaica 5 ( Goldman Essays) (1990), pp. 56-70. Also published in 9 (1990), pp. 32-47. 33. "Gersonides' Introduction to his Commentary on 'Song of Songs'," Da'at 23 (1989), pp. 15-32. [Hebrew] 34. "The Conception of the Torah as a Deductive Science in Medieval Jewish Thought," Revue des Etudes Juives 146 (1987), pp. 265-279. Revised version published as "'s 'Sefer ha-Ikkarim'," Solomon Goldman Lectures, M. Gruber, ed. (1993), vol. 6, pp. 139-149. 35. "Heresy and the Nature of Faith in Medieval Jewish Philosophy," Jewish Quarterly Review 77 (1987), pp. 299-318. Also published in The Jewish Philosophy Reader, Daniel H. Frank, Oliver Leaman, and Charles Manekin, eds (London: Routledge, 2000). 36. "Reflections on the Impossibility of Jewish Ethics," Bar-Ilan Annual: Moshe Schwarcz Memorial Volume 22-23 (1987), pp. 45-52. 37. "Messianic Postures in Today," Modern Judaism 6 (1986), pp. 197-209. Also published in Essential Papers on Messianic Movements in Jewish History, Marc Saperstein, ed. (New York: New York University Press, 1992), pp. 504-519. 38. "Bibago on Dogma," Da'at 15 (1985), pp. 89-101. [Hebrew] 39. "Inadvertent Heresy in Medieval Jewish Thought," Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Thought 3 (1984), pp. 393-403. [Hebrew] 40. "Dogma in Medieval Jewish Thought," Studies in Bibliography and Booklore 15 (1984), pp. 5-21. 41. "Maimonides' 'Thirteen Principles' and the Structure of the Guide of the Perplexed," Journal of the History of Philosophy 20 (1982), pp. 76-84. 42. "Jewish Dogmatics after the Spanish Expulsion," Jewish Quarterly Review 72 (1982), pp. 178-187. 43. "What is Heresy?" Studies in Jewish Philosophy 3 (1982), pp. 55-70. 44. " Shimon ben Zemah Duran on the Principles of Judaism," Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research 48 (1981), pp. 231-265. 45. "Gersonides on Miracles, the Messiah and ," Da'at 4 (1980), pp. 5-34. 46. "Gersonides on the Problem of Volitional Creation," Hebrew Union College Annual 51 (1980), pp. 111-128. 47. "Jewish Philosophy in the 1980s: Preliminary Comments," Studies in Jewish Philosophy 1 (1980), pp. 10-15. 48. "Rabbi Ben Gerson: A Bibliographical Essay," Studies in Bibliography and Booklore 12 (1979), pp. 13-23. 49. "Maimonides, Crescas, and Abravanel on Exodus 20:2," Jewish Quarterly Review 69 (1979), pp. 129-157. 50. "Maimonides and Gersonides on Mosaic ," Speculum 42 (1977), pp. 62-79. 51. "Rabbi Isaac Abravanel on the Principles of Judaism," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 45 (1977), pp. 1183-1200. 52. "Gersonides and His Cultured Despisers," Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 6 (1976), pp. 269-296. 53. "Democracy and Civil Disobedience," Journal of Politics 37 (1975), pp. 899-911. (This article appeared with a response by Sidney Hook: "In Defense of Terminological Sobriety – A Reply to Professor Kellner"). 54. "Rabbi Isaac Bar Sheshet's Responsum Concerning the Study of Jewish Philosophy," Tradition 15 (1975), pp. 110-118. 55. "Louis Jacobs' Doctrine of ," Tradition 14 (1974), pp. 143-147. 56. "Gersonides, Providence, and the Rabbinic Tradition," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 43 (1974), pp. 673-685.

Book Chapters 1. "Faith, Science, and Orthodoxy,” Science in the Bet Midrash: Studies in Maimonides (Brighton: Academic Studies Press, 2009), pp. 233-245. Revised, shorter version, published in Conversations 6 (2010), pp. 1-14. 2. "Philosophical Themes in Maimonides' Sefer Ahavah," Maimonides and His Heritage, Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Lenn Evan Goodman, and James Grady, eds. (Albany: SUNY Press, 2009), pp. 13-35. 3. "Maimonides' Disputed Legacy," Traditions of Maimonideanism, Carlos Fraenkel, ed. (Leiden: Brill, 2009), pp. 245-276. 4. "Each Generation and Its Maimonides," By the Well: Studies in Jewish Philosophy and Halakhic Thought Presented to Gerald J. Blidstein, U. Ehrlich, H. Kreisel, and D. Lasker, eds. (Beer Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, 2008), pp. 463-486. [Hebrew] 5. "Spiritual Life," Cambridge Companion to Maimonides, Kenneth Seeskin, ed. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005), pp. 273-299. 6. "Steven Schwarzschild, Moses Maimonides, and 'Jewish Non-Jews'," Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) – His Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Wirkungsgeschichte in Different Cultural Contexts, Görge K. Hasselhoff, and Otfried Fraisse, eds. (Ergon: Wuerzburg, 2004), pp. 587-606. 7. "Maimonides on the 'Normality' of Hebrew," Judaism and Modernity: The Religious Philosophy of Hartman, Jonathan Malino, ed. (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004), pp. 413- 444. 8. "The Literary Character of the Mishneh Torah," Me'ah She'arim: Studies in Medieval Jewish Spiritual Life in Memory of Isadore Twersky, E. Fleisher, G. Blidstein, C. Horowitz, and B. Septimus, eds. (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2001), pp. 29-45. 9. "Overcoming Chosenness," and Chosenness in Judaism and , Raphael Jospe, Truman Madsen, and Seth Ward, eds. (Fairlawn: Associated University Presses, 2001), pp. 147-172. 10. "Torah and Science in Modern Jewish Thought: Steven Schwarzschild vs. Yeshayahu Leibowitz," Torah et Science: Perspectives historiques et théoriques: etudes offertes à Charles Touati, Gad Freudenthal, Jean-Pierre Rothschild, and Gilbert Dahan, eds. (Paris: Peeters, 2001), pp. 229-237. 11. "How Ought a Jew View Christian Beliefs About Redemption?" Christianity in Jewish Terms, D. Novak et al., eds. (Boulder: Westview, 2000), pp. 269-274 and 396-397. (This article appeared with a response by Clark Williamson, pp. 285-291). 12. "Philosophical Misogyny in Medieval Jewish Thought: Gersonides vs. Maimonides," Y. Sermonetta Memorial Volume, A. Ravitzky, ed. (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1998), pp. 113-128. [Hebrew] 13. "Maimonides on the Decline of the Generations," Hazon Nahum: Studies Presented to Dr Norman Lamm, Y. Elman, and J. Gurock, eds. (New York: University Press, 1997), pp. 163-585. 14. "Communication or Lack Thereof among 13th-14th Century Provencal Jewish Philosophers," Communication in the , S. Menache, ed. (Leiden: Brill, 1996), pp. 227-255. 15. "Maimonides and on Jeremiah 9:22-23 and Human Perfection," Studies in and Jewish Thought Presented to Rabbi Prof. Emanuel Rackman, M. Beer, ed. (Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1994), pp. 49-57. 16. "Maimonides and Gersonides on Astronomy and Metaphysics," Moses Maimonides: Physician, Scientist and Philosopher, S. Kottek, and F. Rosner, eds. (Northvale: Jason Aronson, 1993), pp. 91-96 and 249-251. 17. "The Virtue of Faith," Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, L. E. Goodman, ed. (Albany: SUNY Press, 1992), pp. 195-205. 18. "Bibliographia Gersonideana," Studies on Gersonides – A Fourteenth- Century Philosopher Scientist, G. Freudenthal, ed. (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1992), pp. 367-414. 19. "Gersonides' Commentary on Song of Songs: Why He Wrote It and to Whom It Was Addressed," Gersonide en son Temps, G. Dahan, ed. (Paris: Peeters, 1991), pp. 81-107. 20.a. "Introduction to the Commentary on Song of Songs Composed by the Sage R. Levi ben Gerson – Annotated Translation," From Ancient to Modern Judaism: Essays in Honor of Marvin, J. Neusner, ed. (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989) Fox vol. 2, pp. 187- 205. 20.b. French translation, revised (without notes) published in Les méthodes de travail de Gersonide et le maniement du savoir cez les scholastiques, C. Sirat et al., eds. (Paris: Vrin, 2003), pp. 326-335. 21. "What Is Heresy?" Studies in Jewish Philosophy: Collected Essays of the Academy for Jewish Philosophy, reprinted in N. Samuelson ed., 1980-1985 (Lanham: University Press of America, 1987), pp. 191-214. 22. "The Structure of Jewish Ethics," Contemporary Jewish Ethics, Menachem Kellner, ed. (New-York: Sanhedrin Press, 1978). Also published in Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality, E. Dorff, and L. Newman, eds. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), pp. 12-24.; revised and expanded version published as “Ethics of Judaism," The Encyclopedia of Judaism, J. Neusner, A. Avery-Peck, and Wm. S. Green, eds. (Leiden: Brill, 2000), vol. 2, pp. 250-260.

Encyclopedia Entries 1. Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages (forthcoming).  Medieval Jewish Philosophy 2. Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought Dictionary, Arthur A. Cohen, and Paul Mendes-Flohr, eds. (New York: Charles Scribner‟s Sons, 1987).  Dogma 3. Yearbook 1983-1985.  Scholarly Study of Medieval Jewish Philosophy: 1970-1983 4. Six entries in Dictionary of Living Religions, Keith Crim, ed. (Abingdon, 1981).

Translations 1. Isaac Abravanel, Principles of Faith (translation, introduction, notes) (London: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1981). Paperback edition published in 2004. 2. Maimonides, Book of Love, Yale Judaica Series (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004). 3. Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides), Commentary on Song of Songs, Yale Judaica Series (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998).

Other Publications Articles 1. Menachem Kellner, and Jolene Kellner, "Respectful Disagreement – A Reply to Professor Jospe," Jewish of the Other, Eugene Korn, ed. (forthcoming). 2. "Reply to Daniel Statman on Halakhah and Morality," [Online] Journal of Textual Reasoning 6 (1) (2010). 3. "Faith, Science, Orthodoxy," Conversations 6 (2010), pp. 1-14. 4. "Two States – Ultimately," Democratiya 16 (Spring 2009). 5. "Israel's Gaza War: Five Asymmetries," OpenDemocracy, Jan. 14, 2009. 6. "And Yet… Israel at Sixty," Jewish Action 68 (3) (Spring 2008), pp. 38-41. 7. "Must We Have Heretics?" Conversations 1 (2008), pp. 6-10. 8. "Resisting Falsehood and Protecting Integrity," (Reply to Omar Barghouti, 'Resisting Israeli Apartheid: Why the Academic and Cultural Boycott?'), Babylon (Norway) 5 (1) (2007), pp. 122-131. 9. "Maimonides Agonist: Disenchantment and Reenchantment in Modern Judaism,” Covenant: Global Jewish Magazine 1 (Nov. 2006), Article 9/9. 10. "Daniel Boyarin and the Herd of Independent Minds," The Jewish Divide over Israel: Accusers and Defenders, Edward Alexander, and Paul Bogdanor, eds. (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2006), pp. 167-176. 11. "The War in Lebanon: A View from Haifa," OpenDemocracy, Aug. 7, 2006. 12. "Haifa Diary: The Postmodern War," Washington Post Outlook, July 23, 2006. 13. "Israel Reverses Gravity," OpenDemocracy, March 29, 2006. 14. "," Congress Monthly (July-Aug. 2001). 15. "Zidia a ich Mesiasi," Fenomen Mesianzimu, Rudolf Dupkala, ed. (Presov: Preovska Univerzita, 2001). 16. "Levi ben Gershom," Reader's Guide to Judaism (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000). 17. "The Tenth Commandment," Broken Tablets: Restoring the Ten Commandments and Ourselves, S. Mikva, ed. (Woodstock: Jewish Lights, 1999), pp. 129-132. 18.a. "Jews and Their Messiahs," Lexikon ha-Tarbut ha-Yehudit bi-Zemanenu (: Am Oved, 1993). [Hebrew] 18.b. English translation published in London Jewish Quarterly 41 (Autumn 1994). 19. Review of Yossi Beilin, His Brother's Keeper: Israel and Diaspora Jewry in the Twenty- First Century and Yoram Hazony, The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel's 20. "The Limits of Functional Reinterpretation: An Orthodox Response," Reconstructionist (1984). 21. "Dogma in Judaism," Reconstructionist 49 (3) (1983), pp. 25-28. 22. "Teologia Conservadora: Evolucion o Revolucion?" Majshavot/ Pensemientos (1982). 23. "Why We Moved to Israel," Sh'ma 12 (226) (1982). 24. ": Evolutionary or Revolutionary?" Reconstructionist (1980). 25. "The Lure of the Right: 'Neoconservatism' and Jewish Intellectuals," Social Change 6 (1976). 26. "Will You Come to Our Intermarriage?" Sh'ma 5 (91) (1975). 27. "Should Government Legislate Halakhah?" Sh'ma 5 (98) (1975). 28. "Should 'G-d' Exist?" Sh'ma 4 (66) (1974). Also published in Listening to , C. T. Oppenheim, ed. (New York: Yeshiva University Press, 1986). 29. "Israel Is Too Important to Leave to the Israelis," Canadian Zionist 43 (1974). 30. "The Demand to Disobey: A Jewish Political Ideology," Elul 3 (1973). 31. Menachem Kellner, and Morton Weinfeld, "The Hebrew University in Search," Canadian Zionist 41 (1972). 32. "Religious ?" Elul 2 (1972). 33. "Memoirs of Reb Yom Tov Lippman Heller," Strobe 5 (1971).

Book Reviews 1. Review of Mark Johnston, Saving God: Religion after Idolatry, in Jewish Review of Books 1 (2010). 2. Review of James Diamond, Converts, Heretics, and Lepers: Maimonides and the Outsider, in Shofar (2009). 3. Review of Jonathan Sacks, To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility, in Shofar (2007). 4. Review of Warren Zev Harvey, Physics and Metaphysics in , in International Studies in Philosophy (2005). 5. Review of Noam J. , Alternative in Jewish Bioethics, in International Studies in Philosophy (2005). 6. Review of Marc Shapiro, The Limits of Orthodoxy: Maimonides' Thirteen Principles Reappraised, in Edah Journal 4 (1) (2004 [Iyyar 5704]). 7. Review of , Israelis and the Jewish Tradition, in Jewish Quarterly Review 92 (3/4) (2002), pp. 609-612. 8. Review of Ralph Lerner, Maimonides' Empire of Light, in Jewish Quarterly Review 92 (3-4) (2002), pp. 272-275. 9. Review of Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas on the Limits of Reason, in International Studies in Philosophy (1999). 10. Review of Ehud Benor, Worship of the Heart: A Study in Maimonides' for Association, in Jewish Studies Review (1998). 11. Review of Raphael Jospe, ed., Paradigms in Jewish Philosophy, in Jewish Studies (1998). 12. Review of Arnaldo Momigliano, Studies in Ancient and Modern Judaism, in History of European Ideas 22 (1996), pp. 146-147. 13. Review of Lenn Evan Goodman, God of Abraham, in Journal of Textual Reasoning 5 (4) (Dec. 1996). 14. Review of Oliver Leamon, Moses Maimonides, in International Studies in Philosophy (1992). 15. Review of Isaiah Leibowitz, Judaism, Human Values, and the Jewish State, in New York Times Book Review, July 19, 1992. 16. Review of Daniel Lasker, Crescas' Bittul Ikkarei ha-Nozrim, in Da'at (1991). 17. Review of Herbert A. Davidson, Proofs for Eternity, Creation, and the in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy (1990). 18. Review of Steven Harvey, Falaquera's „Epistle of the Debate‟: An Introduction to Jewish Philosophy, in Iyyun (1989). 19. Review of C. Sirat, A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages, in International Studies in Philosophy (1989). 20. Review of S. D. Breslauer, Modern Jewish Morality: A Bibliographical Survey, in Journal of Religion 67 (4) (1987), pp. 610-611. 21. Review of S. D. Breslauer, A New Jewish Ethics, in Journal of the American Academy of Religion 53 (2) (1985), pp. 293-294. 22. Review of H. Goldberg, Israel Salanter: Text, Structure, Idea, in Forum (1984). 23. Review of M. Saperstein, Decoding the Rabbis, in Speculum 57 (430) (1982). 24. Review of D. Bleich and F. Rosner, eds., Jewish Bioethics, in The Association for Jewish Studies Bulletin (1982). 25. Review of D. Hartman, Joy and Responsibility, in Forum (1981). 26. Review of N. Samuelson, Gersonides on God's Knowledge, in International Studies in Philosophy (1978). 27. Review of G. Scholem, The Messianic Idea in Judaism, in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 12 (1) (1973), pp. 129-130. 28. Review of J. Hardon, American Judaism, in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 12 (1) (1973), pp. 127-128. 29. Review of Encyclopaedia Judaica, in The Association for Jewish Studies Bulletin (1973).

Introductions to Books 1. Introduction, in Eliezer Berkovits, God, Man, and History (Jerusalem: Shalem Press, 2009), pp. 7-14. [Hebrew] 2. Introduction, in Isaac Abravanel, Rosh Amanah [Principles of Faith] (Ramat Gan: Bar- Ilan University Press, 1993). [Hebrew] 3. Introduction, in Isaac Abravanel, Principles of Faith (London: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1981).

Other Relevant Activities Editor of Special Journal Issues 1. Menachem Kellner, and Abraham Melamed, eds., Jewish History 23 (3) – Special issue devoted to the Five Hundredth Anniversary of Isaac Abravanel's Death (2009). 2. Jewish History – Special issue devoted to the Eight Hundredth Anniversary of Maimonides' Death (2004). 3. Menachem Kellner, and Ehud Luz, eds., Iyyun 50 – Special issue devoted to Leo Strauss (2001).