Judaism Unbound Podcast: Untangling Tselem Elohim (The Image of God) - Rafael Neis

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Rafael Neis is a professor, talmudist, historian, artist, and author of When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species. They join Judaism Unbound for a conversation about why the notion of Tselem Elohim is more dangerous than it appears. They explore human exceptionalism, rabbinic texts that place humans alongside other living creatures, and more -- all as a sneak preview of their upcoming 3-week mini-course in the UnYeshiva, entitled Untangling Tselem Elohim (The Image of God).

[1] Register for Untangling Tselem Elohim (The Image of God) by clicking here! Apply for financial aid for the class via this link.

[2] Learn more about other upcoming mini-courses in the UnYeshiva, including Jewish Theology Unbound and Moses, Tzipporah and Us (Powerful Interfaith Families, Past and Present) by heading to JudaismUnbound.com/classes.

[3] You can read When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven by heading to this link. It is available for purchase, and via download as an open-access link.

[4] The publication Ancient Jew Review recently put together a panel of articles responding to Rafael Neis’s book from a variety of angles. Check out these articles via the links below:

• “Classification for Networks of Care,” by Beth Berkowitz

• “Rabbinic World-Making and Imagining Multiplicity,” by Andrea Dara Cooper

• “The Method-Image,” by Roland Betancourt

• “Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash: A Short Response to Rafael Rachel Neis, When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven,” by Catherine Michael Chin

[5] Two texts that Neis references on a few occasions are Genesis 1:27 and Leviticus 11.