Judaism Unbound Podcast Episode 515: God’s Image - Tomer Persico

Written By Lex Rofes

Dan and Lex are joined by Tomer Persico, author of a recent book entitled In God's Image: How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea. Together they explore the notion of B'tzelem Elohim (the idea that all human beings are created "in the image of God") from the book of Genesis -- what are its implications, why might it be important to us, and might it have a shadow side? 

[1] Head to JudaismUnbound.com/classes to check out our up upcoming 3-week mini-courses in the UnYeshiva! This time around we are offering The Torah of Kink, Hasidism and Neo-Hasidism, Queering Kedusha (Holiness), and Brit Milah Unbound: Exploring Circumcision.

[2] Learn more about Tomer Persico here, and check out In God’s Image via this link.

[3] For the text of Genesis referencing B’tzelem Elohim (human beings in the image of God), see Genesis 1:26-27.

[4] For the section of the Torah Lex references, where Moses orders killing of Midianite women and children, see Numbers 31.

[5] For a past episode of Judaism Unbound arguing that B’tzelem Elohim is not only a liberatory idea, see Untangling Tselem Elohim (The Image of God) - Rafael Neis.

[6] Persico references a book by Jared Diamond, entitled Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. Check it out here.

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