Godisopen

Guest: Dov Weiss In this episode we discuss the history of Jewish thought on God. Show Notes: Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism lecture https://soundcloud.com/valleybeitmidrash/pious-irreverence Weiss on academia.edu: https://illinois.academia.edu/DovWeiss Source for Eusebius on Philo, from On Church History (book II): http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250102.htm "1. It is also said that Philo in the reign of Claudius became acquainted at Rome with Peter, who was then preaching there. Nor is this indeed improbable, for the work of which we have spoken, and which was composed by him some years later, clearly contains those rules of the Church which are even to this day observed among us. 2. And since he describes as accurately as possible the life of our ascetics, it is clear that he not only knew, but that he also approved, while he venerated and extolled, the apostolic men of his time, who were as it seems of the Hebrew race, and hence observed, after the manner of the Jews, the most