Philosopher
Daniel Rynhold
Overview
Professor Daniel Rynhold is Dean at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University in New York City where he has worked since August 2007.
He became the Shoshana Shier Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto's Centre for Jewish Studies in 2019. He was previously Lecturer in Judaism in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College, London.
He received a B.A. in Philosophy at Cambridge University, an MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London and a PhD in Jewish philosophy at the London School of Economics. His doctoral thesis, dated 2000, was titled Justifying one's practices: Two models of Jewish philosophy. Rynhold also teaches at the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies.
His academic interests include the philosophical thought of Moses Maimonides and Joseph Soloveitchik and the relationship between Jewish and non-Jewish philosophy.
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Ideas Daniel Rynhold discusses
- Philosophy
- Jewish philosophy
- Maimonides
- University of Cambridge
- New York City
- London School of Economics
- University of Toronto
- Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Place in the tradition
Part of Jewish philosophy.