Samuel Fleischacker's guest appearances

Samuel Fleischacker

Valley Beit Midrash

The Political Theory Review

Michael Walzer

Rebbe Nachman

Yuval Levin

Seth Farber

Elie Wiesel

Goldie Milgram

Reb Zalman

David Ellenson

Amy Eilberg

Sara Hurwitz

Judith Hauptman

Justin Cammy

Uri Topolosky

Laurie Zoloth

Nathaniel Berman

OwlTail

A conversation with Samuel Fleischacker about his recent book "Being Me Being You: Adam Smith &amp; Empathy" (U Chicago Press).

Samuel Fleischacker - Being Me Being You

Professor Samuel Fleischacker, the LAS Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois-Chicago, presents his lecture "Existentialist Messianism" before an audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Maimonides says in his Commentary on the Mishnah and his Mishneh Torah that Moses wrote every word of the Torah at the dictation of God. But Maimonides also says that God can’t talk, and that anyone who thinks God can talk is an idolater. So what exactly does Maimonides mean by describing Moses as a scribe who wrote down God’s words? This talk will try to explain that, in the context of other things Maimonides says, and argue that, properly understood, Maimonides’ view of the composition of the Torah does not rule out what today is called “the documentary hypothesis”: the idea that a variety of people wrote the Torah rather than Moses.DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsPLEARNING MATERIALS: https://bit.ly/2QDclZgFor more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/ twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/Music: "They Say" by WowaMusik, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

Professor Samuel Fleischacker, the LAS Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois-Chicago, presents his lecture "Existentialist Messianism" before an audience at Temple Solel (<a href="http://www.templesolel.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.templesolel.org/</a>) in Paradise Valley, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Maimonides says in his Commentary on the Mishnah and his Mishneh Torah that Moses wrote every word of the Torah at the dictation of God. But Maimonides also says that God can’t talk, and that anyone who thinks God can talk is an idolater. So what exactly does Maimonides mean by describing Moses as a scribe who wrote down God’s words? This talk will try to explain that, in the context of other things Maimonides says, and argue that, properly understood, Maimonides’ view of the composition of the Torah does not rule out what today is called “the documentary hypothesis”: the idea that a variety of people wrote the Torah rather than Moses. DONATE: <a href="http://bit.ly/1NmpbsP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1NmpbsP</a> LEARNING MATERIALS: <a href="https://bit.ly/2QDclZg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2QDclZg</a> For more info, please visit: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/templesolelaz/</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/VBMTorah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/VBMTorah</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/</a> Music: "They Say" by WowaMusik, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

Samuel Fleischacker - Maimonides on Who Wrote the Torah

Professor Samuel Fleischacker, the LAS Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois-Chicago, presents his lecture "Existentialist Messianism" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ.ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Martin Buber ended a 1909 lecture he gave in Prague with a parable suggesting that each of us is responsible for bringing the Messiah. Some years later, Franz Kafka – who may have been in Buber’s audience – wrote a famous story that echoes Buber’s parable in striking ways. A little later, Walter Benjamin wrote what looks like a riff on it. We’ll look at all three texts, plus the Talmudic passage on which Buber was drawing, and consider whether they give us a modern, existentialist way of making sense of Messianism.DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsPLEARNING MATERIALS: https://bit.ly/2VCdqEmFor more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/ www.facebook.com/temple.chai twitter.com/VBMTorah www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/Music: "They Say" by WowaMusik, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

Professor Samuel Fleischacker, the LAS Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois-Chicago, presents his lecture "Existentialist Messianism" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (<a href="http://www.templechai.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.templechai.com/</a>) in Phoenix, AZ. ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Martin Buber ended a 1909 lecture he gave in Prague with a parable suggesting that each of us is responsible for bringing the Messiah. Some years later, Franz Kafka – who may have been in Buber’s audience – wrote a famous story that echoes Buber’s parable in striking ways. A little later, Walter Benjamin wrote what looks like a riff on it. We’ll look at all three texts, plus the Talmudic passage on which Buber was drawing, and consider whether they give us a modern, existentialist way of making sense of Messianism. DONATE: <a href="http://bit.ly/1NmpbsP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1NmpbsP</a> LEARNING MATERIALS: <a href="https://bit.ly/2VCdqEm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2VCdqEm</a> For more info, please visit: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/temple.chai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/temple.chai</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/VBMTorah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/VBMTorah</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/</a> Music: "They Say" by WowaMusik, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

Samuel Fleischacker - Existentialist Messianism