Publication: Author

Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Perspective of Jewish Tradition

David Novak

Judaism, Spring 1984, pp. 221-232

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Another View of Jewish Law (Review)

David Novak

Contemporary Halakhic Problems, by J. David Bleich

Contemporary Halakhic Problems by J. David Bleich

Judaism, Fall 1978, pp. 495-498

Arguing Israel and the Holocaust

David Novak

First Things, January 2001, pp. 11-13

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Beyond Supersessionism (Review)

David Novak

The God of Israel and Christian Theology, by R. Kendall Soulen

The God of Israel and Christian Theology by R. Kendall Soulen

First Things, March 1998, pp. 57-60

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Body and Soul (Review)

David Novak

Maimonides, by Sherwin B. Nuland

Maimonides by Sherwin B. Nuland

First Things, April 2006, pp. 49-53

Reviews

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Both Selective and Eclectic (Review)

David Novak

Hispano-Jewish Culture in Transition, by Bernard Septimus

Hispano-Jewish Culture in Transition by Bernard Septimus

Judaism, Summer 1984, pp. 364-365

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

Loving the Torah More Than God, by Frans Jozef van Beeck

Loving the Torah More Than God by Frans Jozef van Beeck

First Things, November 1990, pp. 58-59

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

Philosophy and Law, by Leo Strauss

Philosophy and Law by Leo Strauss

First Things, December 1995, p. 60

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

Living in the Image of God, by Irving Greenberg and Shalom Freedman

Living in the Image of God by Irving Greenberg and Shalom Freedman

First Things, May 1999, p. 73

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

Catholics and Jews in Twentieth-Century America, by Egal Feldman

Catholics and Jews in Twentieth-Century America by Egal Feldman

First Things, June/July 2002, p. 69

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

Heavenly Torah, by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Gordon Tucker, and Leonard Levin, ...

Heavenly Torah by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Gordon Tucker, and Leonard Levin, ...

First Things, November 2005, p. 59

Christianity in Jewish Terms (2001)

Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Peter Ochs, and David Novak, ...

2 Reviews

Color of the Cross 2: Resurrection (2008 Film)

Jean-Claude La Marre

Correspondence

Charles Krauthammer, David Novak, and Michael Novak, ...

First Things, May 1991, pp. 2-6

Correspondence

David Novak, Hortense Cupo, James C. Hite, and Thomas M. D'Alessandro, ...

First Things, January 1992, p. 2

Correspondence

Michael Lind, Paul B. Beatty, Jr., and Elizabeth Randall, ...

First Things, April 1993, pp. 2-11

Covenantal Rights (2000)

David Novak

A Study in Jewish Political Theory

1 Review

Edith Stein, Apostate Saint

David Novak

First Things, October 1999, pp. 15-16

The Election of Israel (1995)

David Novak

The Idea of the Chosen People

1 Review

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Fighting on Three Fronts (Review)

David Novak

Jewish Polemics, by Arthur Hertzberg

Jewish Polemics by Arthur Hertzberg

First Things, March 1993, pp. 48-49

The Gaze Within

David Novak

The Distinctiveness of Conservative Judaism

Judaism, Summer 1977, pp. 305-308

Germans Against Hitler

David Novak

The Witness of the White Rose

First Things, April 1990, pp. 42-46

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The Good Casuist (Review)

David Novak

Difficult Moral Questions, by Germain Grisez

Difficult Moral Questions by Germain Grisez

First Things, December 1998, pp. 58-60

Halakhah, Authority and the Future of Judaism

David Novak

Change and Status Quo

Judaism, Winter 1980, pp. 38-42

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How It Began (Review)

David Novak

Jesus in the Talmud, by Peter Schafer

Jesus in the Talmud by Peter Schafer

The New Republic, August 6, 2007, pp. 42-44

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Ideas and Idols (2 Reviews)

David Novak

The Beginning of Wisdom, by Leon R. Kass

The Beginning of Wisdom by Leon R. Kass
The Prophets by Norman Podhoretz

The New Republic, May 12, 2003, pp. 29-31

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In the Tradition...Sort Of (Review)

David Novak

Matters of Life and Death, by Elliot N. Dorff

Matters of Life and Death by Elliot N. Dorff

First Things, November 1999, pp. 66-69

"Instinctive Repugnance"

David Novak

First Things, May 2002, pp. 12-13

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Is Conservative Halakhah Possible? (Review)

David Novak

Responsa and Halakhic Studies, by Isaac Klein

Responsa and Halakhic Studies by Isaac Klein

Judaism, Fall 1976, pp. 494-500

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A Jewish Response to a New Christian Theology (Review)

David Novak

Discerning the Way, by Paul M. Van Buren

Discerning the Way by Paul M. Van Buren

Judaism, Winter 1982, pp. 112-120

The Jewish Social Contract (2005)

David Novak

An Essay in Political Theology

1 Review

Jewish Social Ethics (1992)

David Novak

2 Reviews

A Jewish Theological Understanding of Christianity in Our Time

David Novak

First Things, January 1991, pp. 26-32

Jewish-Christian Dialogue (1989)

David Novak

A Jewish Justification

2 Reviews

Jews and Catholics

David Novak

Beyond Apologies

First Things, January 1999, pp. 20-25

Jews, Christians, and Civil Society

David Novak

First Things, February 2002, pp. 26-32

Judaism and American Public Life: A Symposium

David Novak

First Things, March 1991, p. 27

Judaism, Zionism, Messianism

David Novak

Telling Them Apart

First Things, February 1991, pp. 22-24

Law and Theology in Judaism (1974)

David Novak

1 Review

Law of Moses, Law of Nature

David Novak

First Things, February 1996, pp. 45-49

Letters

Seymour Siegel, Wolfe Kelman, and Stanley Rabinowitz, ...

Commentary, February 1977, pp. 6-26

Letters

Ernest W. Lefever, John W. Bowling, and Lev Navrozov, ...

Commentary, February 1980, pp. 4-28

Letters

Sidra Ezrahi, Alvin H. Rosenfeld, and Irving Greenberg, ...

Commentary, June 1981, pp. 2-26

Letters

Rudolf Augstein, David Gress, Daniel Bell, and Nelson W. Polsby, ...

Commentary, May 1983, pp. 4-20

Letters

Robert Legvold, Stanley Rothman, and Stanley Elkins, ...

Commentary, September 1987, pp. 2-20

Letters

Eugene V. Rostow, Paul S. Riebenfeld, and Lawrence R. Eno, ...

Commentary, February 1989, pp. 2-12

Letters

Steven E. Plaut, Daniel Pipes, and Monty Noam Penkower, ...

Commentary, March 1990, pp. 2-12

The Mind of Maimonides

David Novak

First Things, February 1999, pp. 27-32

The Naked Public Square Now: A Symposium

David Novak

First Things, November 2004, pp. 21-22

Natural Law in Judaism (1998)

David Novak

1 Review

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Original Positions (Review)

David Novak

The Jewish Political Tradition, Vol. I, by Michael Walzer, Menachem Lorberbaum, and Noa...

The Jewish Political Tradition, Vol. I by Michael Walzer, Menachem Lorberbaum, and Noam J. Zohar, ...

The New Republic, July 31, 2000, pp. 31-34

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The Rebbe's Son (Review)

David Novak

Abraham Joshua Heschel, by Edward K. Kaplan and Samuel H. Dresner

Abraham Joshua Heschel by Edward K. Kaplan and Samuel H. Dresner

First Things, October 1998, pp. 63-66

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A Relevant Traditionalist (Review)

David Novak

Essential Essays on Judaism, by David Hazony and Eliezer Berkovits

Essential Essays on Judaism by David Hazony and Eliezer Berkovits

First Things, June/July 2003, pp. 48-50

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

Interpreting Maimonides, by Marvin Fox

Interpreting Maimonides by Marvin Fox

First Things, December 1991, p. 54

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

Between Kant and Kabbalah, by Alan L. Mittleman

Between Kant and Kabbalah by Alan L. Mittleman

First Things, December 1991, p. 55

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

The Religious Thought of Hasidism, by Norman Lamm

The Religious Thought of Hasidism by Norman Lamm

First Things, August/September 1999, p. 74

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

Israelis and the Jewish Tradition, by David Hartman

Israelis and the Jewish Tradition by David Hartman

First Things, March 2001, p. 60

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Briefly Noted (Review)

David Novak

Maimonides' Empire of Light, by Ralph Lerner

Maimonides' Empire of Light by Ralph Lerner

First Things, November 2001, p. 62

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A Sabbath Meal (Review)

David Novak

Kaddish, by Leon Wieseltier

Kaddish by Leon Wieseltier

First Things, March 1999, pp. 56-57

Suicide Is Not a Private Choice

David Novak

First Things, August/September 1997, pp. 31-34

The Theology of Nahmanides Systematically Presented (1993)

David Novak

1 Review

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Two Reactions to One Book (Review)

David Novak and Samuel C. Klagsbrun

Jewish Reflections on Death, by Rabbi Jack Riemer

Jewish Reflections on Death by Rabbi Jack Riemer

Judaism, Fall 1975, pp. 507-509

What Do American Jews Believe?

David Novak

Commentary, August 1996, p. 75

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What's Best for the Jews (Review)

David Novak

The Jewish State, by Yoram Hazony

The Jewish State by Yoram Hazony

First Things, February 2001, pp. 37-41

When Jews Are Christians

David Novak

First Things, November 1991, pp. 42-46

Women As Rabbis

David Novak

Women in the Rabbinate?

Judaism, Winter 1984, pp. 39-49