77. Rabbinic Attitudes | Dr. Marc Hirshman (Universalism & Particularism #2)

The Podcast of Jewish Ideas · Nov 7, 2025 · 1h · transcript

J.J. and Dr. Marc Hirshman dissect the schools of R. Akiva and R. Yishmael to understand the central rabbinic arguments about universalism and particularism.

This is the second episode in our miniseries about universalism and particularism in Judaism. Over the course of the series we will explore and complicate Jewish attitudes to these categories across the centuries.

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