TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel T1 - What did Cain say to Abel? JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V. Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-36293 SN - 1614-6492 SN - 1862-7684 IS - 15 SP - 157 EP - 160 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel T1 - What did Cain say to Abel? Y1 - 2009 SN - 1614-6492 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel T1 - Viktor Frankel Gazes out at the world from a concentration camp and teaches us how to utilize that gaze in our own spiritual lives JF - CCAR journal Y1 - 2020 SN - 0007-7976 SN - 1058-8760 VL - Fall 2020/Winter 2021 SP - 131 EP - 142 PB - CCAR Journal, Dept. of Religion CY - Cleveland, Ohio ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel T1 - Theological “Black Holes” in Religions and the Ways They Lead to Heaven (or Hell) JF - CCAR journal Y1 - 2020 SN - 0007-7976 SN - 1058-8760 IS - Winter 2020 SP - 158 EP - 179 PB - CCAR Journal, Dept. of Religion CY - Cleveland, Ohio ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel A1 - Lang, David A1 - Finkelman, Yoel T1 - The will is man’s only property BT - A reading of a short passage from Mr. Shoshani JF - The Lehrhaus Y1 - 2023 UR - https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/the-will-is-mans-only-property-a-reading-of-a-short-passage-from-mr-shoshani/# ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel T1 - The temptation in the garden of R. Hiyya bar Ashi and his wife JF - European Judaism N2 - The narrative in BT Kiddushin 81b about R. Hiyya bar Ashi tells of a sage who waged a battle with his Urge after he refrained from engaging in sexual relations with his wife. He, however, did not reveal to her the battle being waged within him, but rather pretended to be an ‘angel’. When his wife incidentally found it, she disguised herself as a harlot and set out to seduce him. After they had engaged in sexual relations, the rabbi wanted to commit suicide. The traditional readings view R. Hiyya as the hero of the tale. This article claims that the aim of the narrative is to present the rabbi as being carried away by dualistic-Christian conceptions. The article further argues that the topic of the narrative is not sexual relations, but dialogue. KW - asceticism KW - dialogue KW - evil inclination KW - gender KW - Judaism KW - sex KW - Talmud Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3167/ej.2017.500214 SN - 0014-3006 SN - 1752-2323 VL - 50 IS - 2 SP - 129 EP - 146 PB - Berghahn Journals CY - Brooklyn ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel A1 - Hadad, Yemima T1 - The societal role of the man of spirit according to Martin Buber JF - Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion : HUCA N2 - This study offers a view into Buber's conception of the social role of the “person of spirit” – the individual who, in other contexts, would be called philosopher, thinker, or intellectual.A key element of the person of spirit's role, according to Buber, is the evaluation of social reality – judging the public's ability to be guided by the realm of the spirit at any given hour while responding to the challenges that this particular hour may present. The person of spirit is required to constantly mediate between “heaven” and “earth” – between the ideal and reality – even if in a particular situation the moral action which has to be taken can only be partial, and will fall short of the absolute demand of the spirit.Buber emphasizes that the influence of the spirit on reality always begins with an effort of the “person of spirit” to transform him or herself from a monological to a dialogical person. Without a dialogical affinity between the person of spirit and their community, there can be no real effect of the spirit on reality.The person of spirit is, therefore, according to Buber, fully involved in the social life of the community. Our study shows that Buber shaped this figure of the “person of spirit” by combining the model of the biblical prophet, who is sent to the people, with the model of the Hasidic leader who acts according to the principle of the “Descent of the Zaddik.” The person of spirit is required to live their life in a “Thou” relationship with their community, and is therefore frequently descending from an elevated spiritual level to the level of the people, in order to empathetically share their mundane worries, fears, and afflictions.By comparing the models of the biblical prophet and the Hassidic Zaddik to the model of the Greek prophetes and Plato's philosopher-king, we can, according to Buber, reflect on the role of the person of spirit in society in our time as well. KW - Buber, Martin KW - Jewish philosophy 20th century KW - Zaddikim History of doctrines Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.15650/hebruniocollannu.91.2020.0207 SN - 0360-9049 VL - 91 SP - 207 EP - 259 PB - College CY - Cincinnati ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel T1 - An Overview of Masculinity in Judaism BT - a Bibliographical Essay JF - God's own gender? Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-95650-453-2 SP - 149 EP - 183 PB - Ergon CY - Baden-Baden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel T1 - A religious approach to sexual behavior for our liberal communities from a dialogical jewish perspective BT - Mitzvah, R’shut, Isur — a proposal JF - CCAR journal : a reform jewish quarterly Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-0-88123-618-7 SN - 0007-7976 SN - 1058-8760 VL - Spring 2022 SP - 125 EP - 146 PB - Central Conference of American Rabbis CY - Cleveland ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel T1 - A Journey Through the Gates of Good and Evil in Jewish Sources BT - towards a Monistic-Psychological reading of the Azazel Ritual JF - Zeramim : an Online Journal of Applied Jewish Thought Y1 - 2021 UR - https://zeramim.org/past-issues/vol-v-issue-2-spring2021-5781/a-journey-through-the-gates-of-good-and-evilin-jewish-sources-towards-a-monistic-psychological-reading-of-the-azazel-ritual/ SN - 2577-4921 VL - V IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel T1 - "And the spirit of god hovered" BT - a dialogic reading of the opening lines of genesis JF - Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues N2 - In this article the author proposes a new reading for the opening words of the Bible, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Now the earth was unformed and void ... ; and the spirit of God hovered over the water" (Gen. 1:1-2). This new reading is based on the connections drawn by Otto Eissfeldt between the Ugaritic literature and the Bible. God, according to this opening picture, connects intimately, empathetically, with the existing matter (the tehom) in dialogic address. It is from this relationship, which today we call "love," that all comes to be "born" from the material "womb" of the tehom. From this "big bang," all continues to be born. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2979/nashim.33.1.01 SN - 0793-8934 SN - 1565-5288 IS - 33 SP - 7 EP - 19 PB - Indiana University Press CY - Bloomington ER -