February 24, 2027
The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism will hold its annual session at the American Philosophical Association Central Division conference, which will take place at the Hilton Denver City Center in Denver, CO, on February 24–27, 2027. We welcome submissions...
August 7, 2025
The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism will hold a session on “Analyltic Philosophy of Judaism” at the 19th World Congress of Jewish Studies, which will take place at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on August 4–8, 2025. Our session...
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January 8, 2026
The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism’s annual meeting will be held at the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, at the Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD, on January 8, 2026 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. To participate,...
November 4, 2018
Essay Prize 2018-2019 This year, the Association for the Philosophy of Judaism is running a special essay prize, on the theme of the Meaning of Life. The analytic tradition of philosophy has dedicated surprisingly little attention to the ultimate question...
November 1, 2017
APJ essay prize 2017 The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism is dedicated to encouraging new work in the philosophy of Judaism. Our annual APJ Essay Prize will be awarded to new work in the philosophy of Judaism. The winner...
January 19, 2016
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2016 APJ Essay Prize is Michael Haruni for his essay entitled “Praying and Truthfulness?”
February 24, 2027
The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism will hold its annual session at the American Philosophical Association Central Division conference, which will take place at the Hilton Denver City Center in Denver, CO, on February 24–27, 2027. We welcome submissions...
August 7, 2025
The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism will hold a session on “Analyltic Philosophy of Judaism” at the 19th World Congress of Jewish Studies, which will take place at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on August 4–8, 2025. Our session...
Expired
January 8, 2026
The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism’s annual meeting will be held at the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, at the Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD, on January 8, 2026 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. To participate,...
November 3, 2024
The APJ is holding a symposium on The People, the Torah, the God: A Neo-Traditional Jewish Theology (Academic Studies Press, 2023) by Jerome Gellman on November 3-8, 2024. The symposium is being held on this page. For the first three...
October 23, 2022
The APJ will be holding a symposium on The Principles of Judaism (OUP, 2020) by Samuel Lebens on 23–27 October 2022. The symposium will be held on this page. For comments on Chapter 1 by Filippo Casati (Lehigh University), please click...
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December 15, 2019
In this article, I will argue against the Orthodox Jewish view that the Torah should be treated as an absolute authority. I begin with an explanation of what it means to treat something as an absolute authority. I then review examples of norms in the Torah that seem clearly immoral. Next, I explore reasons that people may have for accepting a person, text, or tradition as an absolute authority in general. I argue that none of these reasons can justify absolute authority if the authority prescribes norms that we strongly judge to be immoral. I then respond to three objections to my argument. I end with a note explaining why, contrary to a popular trend, the narrative of the binding of Isaac is not a good place to start this discussion.
August 5, 2019
As part of the John Templeton Foundation-sponsored project, entitled “Worship: A Jewish Philosophical Investigation,” we welcome abstracts for papers on the theme, “Worship and the Divine”. We are looking to receive abstracts (1) with relevance to the summer’s theme, (2) that...
October 5, 2017
Call for Abstracts 3rd Annual Theistic Ethics Workshop College of William and Mary October 5-7, 2017 Confirmed Speakers: Laura Ekstrom (College of William and Mary) Dan Moller (University of Maryland) Mark Murphy (Georgetown University) Mark Schroeder (University of Southern California)...
October 27, 2016
Special Issue on Talmudic Hermeneutics http://studiahumana.com/news,Special-Issue-on-Talmudic-Hermeneutics.html Studia Humana invites contributions to our workshop on “Philosophy and History of Talmudic Logic”. All accepted papers will be published electronically in Studia Humana as well as in a special volume of a book...
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A special issue on Jewish Analytic Theology, edited by Aaron Segal and Sem Lebens, has been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Analytic Theology. The issue can be found here.
The Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame is offering a two-year postdoctoral fellowship that will begin on July 1, 2023. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand by July 1, 2023 (degree must be awarded no earlier...
Call for Abstracts: The APJ plans to sponsor a session on the theme “Emotions and Jewish Philosophy” at the APA Central Division in Denver, CO, February 22-25, 2023. We invite abstracts of 750-1,000 words on any topic related to emotions and Jewish...
Congratulations to our steering committee members Shlomit Wygoda Cohen (Van Leer Institute) and Noam Oren (Hebrew University) for their recent publications on Jewish themes in Religious Studies. Here are the links for Shlomit’s paper “Why does God Command?,” and Noam’s...
The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism will hold its annual session at the American Philosophical Association Central Division conference, which will take place at the Hilton Denver City Center in Denver, CO, on February 24–27, 2027. We welcome submissions...
Expired
The Association for the Philosophy of Judaism will hold a session on “Analyltic Philosophy of Judaism” at the 19th World Congress of Jewish Studies, which will take place at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on August 4–8, 2025. Our session...