| | | Jacob Neusner (born July 28, 1932, Hartford, Connecticut) is an academic scholar of Judaism | | Karen Armstrong (b. November 14 1944 in Wildmoor, Worcestershire, England) is an author who writes on Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism.... | | Aryeh Kaplan was a noted American Orthodox rabbi and author, who had a background in both physics and Judaism. He is widely viewed as a prolific... | | Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American political figure and criminal law professor at Harvard Law School known for his... | | Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. He was at times associated with the F... | | Joseph Telushkin (born 1948) is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, lecturer, and author. Telushkin attended the Yeshivah of Flatbush, was ordained... | | Onkelos is the name of a famous convert to Judaism in Talmudic times (c.35-120 CE). He is considered to be the author of the famous Targum Onkelos... | | Rabbi Isaac Luria was a Jewish mystic in Safed. His name today is attached to all of the mystic thought in Safed: while his literary contribution... | | Abraham Geiger (1810-1874) was a German rabbi who led the foundation for Reform Judaism, where he sought to remove all nationalistic elements... | | The Vilna Gaon (April 23, 1720 - October 9, 1797) was a prominent rabbi, Talmud scholar, and Kabbalist. Born Elijah (Eliyahu) ben Shlomo Zalman, he... | |