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GAD BARNEA | It must be realized that, from a critical perspective, the Bible cannot be considered a primary source.

Throughout much of history, the Jewish way of life has been characterized by strict adherence to the practices and prohibitions legislated by the Torah: dietary laws, ritual purity, circumcision, Sabbath regulations, holidays, and more. But precisely when did this unique way of life first emerge, and why specifically at that time? In this revolutionary new study, Yonatan Adler methodically engages ancient texts and archaeological discoveries to reveal the earliest evidence of

STEVE MASON | If historians were to sit at the table with scientists, then history needed to be more scientific (wissenschaftlich). But how?

Bruce Gordon, Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Yale Divinity School

Part Two of Marginalia's conversation with Adler begins our symposium on his new book, "The Orgins of Judaism" (Yale University Press).

Part One of Marginalia's conversation with Adler begins our symposium on his new book, "The Orgins of Judaism" (Yale University Press).

SAMUEL LONCAR | Supersessionism thus fights its enemy not with swords, destined to become ploughshares, but with time itself. The very nature of history is against the Jews, because they have not adapted to the new time inaugurated by Christianity...

SHERALI TAREEN | the question of what is the role of the body in how Muslim life must organize itself in relation to non-Muslim others ...

NOAH SALOMON | The question of religious difference became the question of the long 20th century...

ELAINE FISHER | By pursuing this sort of boundary-crossing inquiry, we might come to better articulate how. . .

ILYSE MORGENSTEIN FUERST |This matrix of friendship, sovereignty, and translation seems portable, applied across fields. . .

SUPRIYA GANDHI | The recent global rise in authoritarianism and hyper-nationalism underscores the need for complex, nuanced histories...