Authors Posts by Elisha Price
Elisha Price
Elisha Price is an undergraduate student at Yeshiva University where he is pursuing a double major in Philosophy and English Literature. He is a member of the Zahava and Moshael J. Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, an elite cohort within the YU Honors Program. He has served as content editor for a forthcoming book in the Maggid series by Rabbi Shimon Maged and as research assistant to presidential historian and author, Dr. Tevi Troy.
The Many Hats of Heresy: Epikorsut and Minut in the Writings of the Sages
The epikorus and the min apparently represent two different kinds of heretic in traditional Jewish literature. Elisha Price traces the evolving meaning of each term in Hazal and medieval writings, clarifying the differences between the major genres of Jewish heresy and helping illuminate for us why they matter.
A Window into the Kabbalistic Soul: “Heilek Elo’ah Mi-ma’al” From Job to Tanya
Tanya's description of the Godly soul as a literal portion of divinity is an empowering notion for many spiritual seekers. It is also, however, inconsistent with longstanding Jewish theological doctrine regarding the unity of God. Elisha Price examines several possible interpretations of Tanya's words, placing them in a broader kabbalistic and rabbinic context, to suggest that Chabad's conception of the soul is both "rational and precedented."
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