Aaron Koller

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Jun 4, 2020, 5:45 AM

America’s Bible problem

Trump's Bible thumping is designed to divide people, evoking awe from some, and alienating the rest -- whereas the Bible itself shows God's investment in every single human being

Jul 30, 2018, 11:56 PM

Professor Yaakov Elman, in memoriam

Professor Yaakov Elman, z"l

The late Talmud scholar set out to analyze the glorious messiness, complexity, and depth of thousands of years of human endeavor

May 6, 2017, 12:10 AM

Bar Kokhba: When (rabbinic) leadership fails

On Bar Kokhba and the Holocaust: How the leadership erred, steering the people to their destruction

Nov 14, 2016, 9:56 PM

Living under the reign of Ahashverosh

Using the Bible to illuminate the current US political extravaganza: when minorities work together, they can triumph

Oct 27, 2016, 10:22 AM

Don’t politicize archaeology, and don’t historicize politics: On the new ‘Jerusalem’ papyrus

Archeology and politics are a bad mix, and this recent find doesn't even disprove the (lunatic) UNESCO vote

Feb 10, 2014, 8:47 AM

BCE: Biblical Camels Explained

Recent news reports advertise that “camel archaeology contradicts the Bible.” The claim in the press release issued by Tel Aviv University is that a study of camel bones in the Aravah Valley in the Negev demonstrates that there were...

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About Me

Aaron Koller is professor of Near Eastern and Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University, and chair of the Beren Department of Jewish Studies. His latest book is Unbinding Isaac: The Significance of the Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought (JPS, 2020).

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