Document Type
Undergraduate Research Paper
Publication Date
Fall 2019
Faculty Nominator
Benjamin Meiches
Abstract
Despite being born Jewish, Baruch Spinoza has long been shunned from the canon of Jewish thought. The Jewish community of Amsterdam excommunicated him. Today, the secular world too refuses to acknowledge him as a Jewish thinker. Spinoza is divorced from his context. Recovering the Spinoza's context requires showing that he can still be considered a Jewish thinker. This can be done based on three criteria: his view on God, his perspective on scripture, and his position on the nature of the soul.
Recommended Citation
Waggoner, Lucas, "Baruch Spinoza as a Jewish Thinker" (2019). PPPA Paper Prize. 12.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/ppe_prize/12