Religion & Spirituality

Steven Nadler, "Spinoza, Atheist" (Princeton UP, 2026)

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Jun 2, 202640:55Religion & Spirituality

In 1656, a young Amsterdam merchant was excommunicated by his Portuguese-Jewish community in the harshest terms it had ever used. Baruch Spinoza was accused of unspecified “horrifying heresies,” but the precise reasons f...

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Steven Nadler, "Spinoza, Atheist" (Princeton UP, 2026) is an episode from New Books in Jewish Studies by New Books Network. In 1656, a young Amsterdam merchant was excommunicated by his Portuguese-Jewish community in the harshest terms it h...

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Published Jun 2, 2026, 40:55 long, audio available.

Steven Nadler, "Spinoza, Atheist" (Princeton UP, 2026)

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