February 26, 1999

The Academic Study of Judaism

By HAVA TIROSH-SAMUELSON

The conceit of objectivity should not be confused with the relentless pursuit of truth. That pursuit, by virtue of which Jewish studies is universalized, can and in my view should be undertaken with all the passion, love, and commitment that we can muster, because for us as Jewish academics no value can be higher than truth. If we place our rational capacity in the service of the pursuit of truth, we may be able to

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