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Last week, James Good­man wrote about God and child sac­ri­fice and how he came to write about Abra­ham and the bind­ing of Isaac. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb, is…

James Good­man is a pro­fes­sor at Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty, where he teach­es his­to­ry and cre­ative writ­ing. His most recent book, But Where Is the Lamb?, is now…

Ear­li­er this week, Rab­bi Bar­ry Schwartz wrote about need­ing more Jew­ish debate. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.The…