The Importance of Prophecy in Jewish Philosophy

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There's a debate in Jewish philosophy between my monodies and Yehuda Hailevi about whether prophecy is divinely gifted or something that you can achieve. And Leo Strauss wrote on this, though I think probably not a believer. He suggested that as with the works of Plato and Hume, the fact that it was done as a conversation and dialogue meant many things were deliberately unsaid.

Named one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi David Wolpe joins Tyler in a conversation on flawed leaders, Jewish identity in the modern world, the many portrayals of David, what’s missing in rabbinical training, playing chess on the Sabbath, Srugim, Hasidic philosophy, living in Israel and of course, the durability of creation.

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