Dr. Neil Gillman

Dr. Neil Gillman was Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and author of numerous books. He died in 2017.


Articles by Dr. Neil Gillman

The Afterlife in Judaism: Modern Liturgical Reforms

Amending prayers that mention resurrection to accord with modern sensibilities.

Jewish Resurrection Gets New Life

By the second century at the latest, belief in resurrection had entered Jewish liturgy and legal writing.

The Feminist Critique of God Language

A survey of Jewish feminist challenges and responses to traditionally male language for God.

God: A Great Personality

The biblical God is a God we can relate to.

Thinking and Speaking About God

Using language--a human construct--to describe the divine is a precarious matter.