Event
Spinoza and Judaism: Heretic or Hero?
Thursday, March 15, 2012 19:30
Leacock Building
855 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 2T7, CA
Religious Jews revile him as the arch-heretic while secular Jews, from Yiddish Socialists and Bundists to liberal Zionists have celebrated him for more than a century as a precursor and hero. Or was he just trying to reform European Christendom? Join the discussion about (1632-1677) with professors Steven Nadler, Allan Nadler, and Carlos Fraenkel.