Warren Zev Harvey

Warren Zev Harvey is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he has taught since 1977.

One Maimonides or Two?
Isadore Twersky vs. Leo Strauss, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Moshe Halbertal, and the faculty of Harvard University
byWarren Zev Harvey
Redefining Israel’s Reasonableness Test
Israeli Supreme Court Justice Menachem Elon sought to ground the court’s controversial doctrine in empirical data and hard logic, with the help of the Talmud
byWarren Zev Harvey
Is Bibi’s ‘Override Clause’ Jewish?
Ask the 14th-century sage Rabbi Nissim of Girona
byWarren Zev Harvey
A Guide of the Perplexed
How Philadelphia’s local ‘Jewish Exponent’ came to host in 1963 S.D. Goitein’s insightful but overlooked scholarly essay on Maimonides, now reprinted here
byWarren Zev Harvey
Four Scholars of Jewish Philosophy
The recent deaths of Michael Schneider, David Brézis, Michael Zvi Nehorai, and Gabriella Elgrably-Berzin signal the passing of an era of excellence
byWarren Zev Harvey