Leon Kass
23 Podcast Episodes
Leon Kass on Reading Ruth
Leon Kass on Reading Ruth
Most everyone who reads it loves the book of Ruth, with its bucolic settings, its charming loves, its grace, and its dev... Read more
24 May 2023
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1hr 11mins
An Introduction to Leon Kass’ ”L’Chaim and Its Limits” by Dr. Daniel Shields
An Introduction to Leon Kass’ ”L’Chaim and Its Limits” by Dr. Daniel Shields
In his essay, “L’Chaim and Its Limits: Why Not Immortality?” Dr. Leon Kass asks, “If life is good and more is better, sh... Read more
16 Aug 2022
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16mins
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Episode 46 - Parshat Pekudei: Concluding the Book of Shemot with Leon Kass
Episode 46 - Parshat Pekudei: Concluding the Book of Shemot with Leon Kass
In this conversation with Matan Faculty member Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash, we discuss Professor Leon Kass' commenta... Read more
28 Feb 2022
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31mins
The Learning Curve: UChicago’s Dr. Leon Kass on Genesis, Exodus, & Reading Great Books (#54)
The Learning Curve: UChicago’s Dr. Leon Kass on Genesis, Exodus, & Reading Great Books (#54)
This week on "The Learning Curve," guest co-host Jason Bedrick and co-host Gerard Robinson talk with Dr. Leon Kass, MD, ... Read more
15 Sep 2021
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51mins
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UChicago’s Dr. Leon Kass on Genesis, Exodus, & Reading Great Books
UChicago’s Dr. Leon Kass on Genesis, Exodus, & Reading Great Books
This week on “The Learning Curve,” guest co-host Jason Bedrick and co-host Gerard Robinson talk with Dr. Leon Kass, MD, ... Read more
15 Sep 2021
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51mins
Leon Kass on the Book of Exodus
Leon Kass on the Book of Exodus
What makes a people a people? What forms its communal identity? The second book of the Bible, Exodus, tells of the depar... Read more
24 Mar 2021
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1hr 8mins
Leon Kass on Human Flourishing, Living Well, and Aristotle
Leon Kass on Human Flourishing, Living Well, and Aristotle
Leon Kass, long-time teacher of classic works at the University of Chicago and now Dean of Faculty at Shalem College in ... Read more
8 Mar 2021
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1hr 16mins
Dr. Leon Kass on the hubris of human reproductive cloning and the threat of radical forms of child abuse
Dr. Leon Kass on the hubris of human reproductive cloning and the threat of radical forms of child abuse
“Should we welcome, or even tolerate, the cloning of human beings?” That is the question with which Dr. Leon Kass, M.D.,... Read more
8 Mar 2021
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24mins
Episode 10: Leon Kass on Exodus and Liberal Education
Episode 10: Leon Kass on Exodus and Liberal Education
Leon Kass of the University of Chicago and Shalem College talks with Tom and Sarah about his new book Founding God's Nat... Read more
3 Mar 2021
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1hr 12mins
Reading Exodus: When Does a Multitude Become a People? (Leon Kass)
Reading Exodus: When Does a Multitude Become a People? (Leon Kass)
How should we read the book of Exodus? Dr. Leon R. Kass discusses his answer to this question from his recent book, Fo... Read more
5 Feb 2021
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44mins
