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Yigal Bin-Nun

Yigal Bin-Nun

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When Human Beings Transformed the World into Images

The Birth of Abstraction: When Human Beings Transformed the World into Images Approximately forty-five thousand years ago, deep within the darkness of...

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Yigal Bin-Nun

External Symbols or Commitment to Moral Values

External Symbols or Commitment to Moral Values Religious symbols may become the primary criterion by which individuals are judged, outweighing the...

08.08.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yigal Bin-Nun

When the Symbol Replaces Belief

When the Symbol Replaces Belief

Israel is one of the few countries in the world where it is possible to identify, within the public sphere and sometimes at a mere glance, a...

05.08.2026 50

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Yigal Bin-Nun

The Rise and Decline of Universal Values

The Rise and Decline of Universal Values

The Rise and Decline of Universal Values From a historical perspective, the concept of values appears to be a relatively recent invention, born out...

04.08.2026 50

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Yigal Bin-Nun

Heroic Sacrifice: The Deconstruction of a Myth

Heroic Sacrifice: The Deconstruction of a Myth
01.08.2026 60

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Yigal Bin-Nun

When “Values” Become an Instrument of Power

To paraphrase the remark commonly attributed to Hermann Göring, whenever I hear the word values, I feel inclined to reach for the revolver within...

21.07.2026 60

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Yigal Bin-Nun

When the Symbol Becomes an End in Itself, It Erases the Signified

Israel is one of the few countries in the world where a person’s religious, communal, or political affiliation can often be identified in the public...

19.07.2026 50

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Yigal Bin-Nun

Historiographical Archetypes and the Jews of Morocco

08.01.2026 60

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Yigal Bin-Nun

Is the Mesha Stele Also a Forgery?

29.06.2025 50

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Yigal Bin-Nun

Rabbinic Judaism in Israel: Continuities and Ruptures

14.06.2025 90

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Yigal Bin-Nun

Humanity Struggles to Conceive a World Without a Beginning

12.05.2025 80

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yigal Bin-Nun