Omri Boehm

Omri Boehm 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
Born1979
Haifa, Israel
OccupationAuthor, professor
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectPhilosophy, 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 currently 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 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, A Future for Israel: Beyond the Two-State Solution, 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
  • A Future for Israel: Beyond the Two-State Solution ISBN 978-1-6813739-3-5
  • 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 978-0-5675864-1-4

References
  1. "Omri Boehm". newschool.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  2. "Die Idee einer jüdischen Demokratie sei ein Widerspruch in sich, sagt Omri Boehm. Und plädiert für eine binationale Republik". taz.de. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  3. The binding of Isaac : a religious model of disobedience. worldcat.org. OCLC 741691429. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. "Kant's Critique of Spinoza". philpapers.org. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  5. "Did Israel Just Stop Trying to Be a Democracy?". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  6. "Omri Boehm on Avi Shavit's Promised Land". bu.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  7. Hutter, Axel; Rasmussen, Anders Moe (April 2014). Kierkegaard im Kontext des deutschen Idealismus. books.google.com. ISBN 9783110252798. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  8. "Prof. Omri Boehm". philosophie.uni-muenchen.de. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  9. "Table of contents for The binding of Isaac : a religious model of disobedience / Omri Boehm". catdir.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  10. "Liberal Zionism in the Age of Trump". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  11. "How Israelis could agree to share a state with Palestinians". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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