Noam Oren
Biographic Data
| ID | 5972795 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Noam Oren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Noam |
| FAMILY NAME | Oren |
| SIGNATURE | OREN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7192-6466 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Who Is a Jew?” A Case Study in Tensions Between Jewish Thought and Law
In contemporary Jewish thought, scholars often identify two broad philosophical approaches to Jewish identity: »essentialist,« which views Jewishness as inherent and unchangeable and »anti-essentialist,« which regards it as grounded in belief or practice. Both face challenges when confronted with a core halakhic reality: according to Jewish law, one can become Jewish through conversion, but can never cease to be Jewish. Essentialism struggles to …
On the rationality of prayers of praise and thanksgiving
Praise and thanksgiving prayers are central practices in Abrahamic religions and many other faith traditions. Recently, John Pittard and Daniel Howard-Snyder have articulated two arguments suggesting that the rationality of these practices is undermined by the claim that the God of classical theism lacks the moral credit necessary to warrant agential praise or thanks. However, for their critique to present a genuine challenge to traditional theis…
Rabbi Soloveitchik on Religion and Science – Where the Conflict Really Lies
Rabbi Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik, a leading twentieth-century Jewish thinker, assigned central importance to both science and religion. However, the relationship between these domains in his thought remains unclear. This paper analyzes Soloveitchik's writings to address these questions. In The Lonely Man of Faith, he proudly states that the theoretical conflict between science and religion never troubled him. To explain this surprising stateme…
The evidential challenge for petitionary prayer
In the past decade, philosophers have devoted a great deal of attention to the practice of petitionary prayer. Philosophical inquiries have posed a priori problems – issues that arise from an analytical investigation of the concept of God, the concept of petitionary prayer, and the relationship between the two. Taking a different direction, this article shifts the focus from possibility to actuality. Accordingly, this article does not deal with t…
A philosophical account of repentance
Repentance is central to the doctrinal philosophies of all major religions. From a theoretical point of view, however, the practice poses significant challenges. As the past cannot be altered, the guilt that obtains from already committed sins appears forever fettered to the sinner. In this article, I explore this conundrum and discuss a number of solutions that have been proposed in religious traditions. I show how these solutions fail to satisf…
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A philosophical account of repentance
Repentance is central to the doctrinal philosophies of all major religions. From a theoretical point of view, however, the practice poses significant challenges. As the past cannot be altered, the guilt that obtains from already committed sins appears forever fettered to the sinner. In this article, I explore this conundrum and discuss a number of solutions that have been proposed in religious traditions. I show how these solutions fail to satisf…
Rabbi Soloveitchik on Religion and Science – Where the Conflict Really Lies
Rabbi Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik, a leading twentieth-century Jewish thinker, assigned central importance to both science and religion. However, the relationship between these domains in his thought remains unclear. This paper analyzes Soloveitchik's writings to address these questions. In The Lonely Man of Faith, he proudly states that the theoretical conflict between science and religion never troubled him. To explain this surprising stateme…
The evidential challenge for petitionary prayer
In the past decade, philosophers have devoted a great deal of attention to the practice of petitionary prayer. Philosophical inquiries have posed a priori problems – issues that arise from an analytical investigation of the concept of God, the concept of petitionary prayer, and the relationship between the two. Taking a different direction, this article shifts the focus from possibility to actuality. Accordingly, this article does not deal with t…
“Who Is a Jew?” A Case Study in Tensions Between Jewish Thought and Law
In contemporary Jewish thought, scholars often identify two broad philosophical approaches to Jewish identity: »essentialist,« which views Jewishness as inherent and unchangeable and »anti-essentialist,« which regards it as grounded in belief or practice. Both face challenges when confronted with a core halakhic reality: according to Jewish law, one can become Jewish through conversion, but can never cease to be Jewish. Essentialism struggles to …
On the rationality of prayers of praise and thanksgiving
Praise and thanksgiving prayers are central practices in Abrahamic religions and many other faith traditions. Recently, John Pittard and Daniel Howard-Snyder have articulated two arguments suggesting that the rationality of these practices is undermined by the claim that the God of classical theism lacks the moral credit necessary to warrant agential praise or thanks. However, for their critique to present a genuine challenge to traditional theis…
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (1 work) · Essentialism (1 work) · Evolution and Science Education (1 work)