Prof. Wasserman will lead us through readings of three
narratives from the Babylonian Talmud's Tractate Avoda Zara, the section of the
rabbinic corpus that treats interactions between Jews and non-Jews. Moving…
ABSTRACT - This talk situates the exploration and discussion of religious emotions in the context of recent findings on emotions in general. Philosophy and the cognitive sciences (Robert C. Solomon, Martha Nussbaum…