Omri Boehm (Hebrew: עמרי בהם, born 1979) is an Israeli philosopher and associate professor of philosophy at the New School for Social Research.[1][2] He is known for his interpretation of the Binding of Isaac (Genesis 22), work on Kant, and writing on Israel and Zionism.[3][4][5]
Omri Boehm | |
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| Born | 1979 Gilon, Israel |
| Occupation | Author, professor |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Subject | Philosophy, religion, politics |
Life and career
Boehm grew up in the Galilee.[6] He studied at the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Programme for Outstanding Students at Tel Aviv University and earned his PhD at Yale University.[7] He did a post-doc at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 2010.[8] He is associate professor of philosophy at the New School for Social Research based in New York City.
Boehm’s first book, The Binding of Isaac: a Religious Model of Disobedience, argues (contending that the verse in which God tells Abraham not to kill Isaac is a later addition) that Abraham disobeyed God’s command to sacrifice his son Isaac, and disobedience rather than obedience is the corner of Jewish faith.[9] His second book, Kant’s Critique of Spinoza, argues that the Critique of Pure Reason needs to be read as an answer to Spinoza’s Ethics. His latest book, Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel, develops a model for bi-national Zionism. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Haaretz and Die Zeit, among others.[10][11]
Books
- Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel ISBN 978-1-68137-393-5
- Israel – eine Utopie (German Edition) ISBN 978-3-5491000-7-3
- Kant's Critique of Spinoza ISBN 978-0-1993548-0-1
- The Binding of Isaac: a Religious Model of Disobedience ISBN 978-0567026132