Welcome to the archives of the Tradition journal, which houses the over 2,000 (and growing) items we have published since 1958. The listing below shows the complete archives in reverse chronological order, from the most recent issue. Use the search tools to the left for any text search across the Tradition archives. For a specific Issue, Author, or Tag choose from the related drop-down list. Use the “Sort By” tool to sort your results.
We are currently working on organizing and updating the archives. Please contact us if you are having trouble locating a specific item. Click here for a directory of our special themed issues and symposia published over the years. Click here for the index of vols. 1-10 (1958-1969) prepared by Micha Falk Oppenheim in 1970.
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Most Recent
The Problematic Metaphors of Righteousness
Fall 2021 Issue 53.4
Yehuda Halevi and the Philosophical Use of Metaphor
Fall 2012 Issue 45.3
Summer 2008 Issue 41.2
The Rav and the “Tale Told by the Heavens”
Spring 2008 Issue 41.1
“Knock, Knock! Who is There? What Do You Want?”
Fall 2006 Issue 39.3
From Tabernacle (Mishkan) and Temple (Mikdash) to Synagogue (Bet Keneset)
Fall 2004 Issue 38.3
The Biblical Stories of Creation, Garden of Eden and the Flood: Story or Metaphor?
Winter 1999 Issue 33.2
Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik and the Philosophy of Halakha
Winter 1996 Issue 30.2
Conflicting Visions by David Hartman
Summer 1992 Issue 26.4
The Body of Faith: God in the Jewish People
Spring 1991 Issue 25.3
Maimonides and the Sense of History
Winter 1989 Issue 24.2
Selfhood and Godhood in Jewish Thought and Modern Philosophy
Summer 1980 Issue 18.2
Bicentennial Symposium: The Jew In America
Fall 1976 Issue 16.2
Encounters between Judaism and Modern Philosophy
Spring 1976 Issue 15.4
The Menorah: A Study in Iconic Symbolism
Spring 1974 Issue 14.3
Winter - Spring 1972 Issue 12.3 and 12.4
Fall 1971 Issue 12.2
Is Religion a Separate Language Game?
Summer 1970 Issue 11.2
In Defense of the Defenders of Masada
Spring 1970 Issue 11.1
Does the Science-Religion Conflict Rest on a Mistake?
Spring 1968 Issue 9.4
The Condition of Jewish Belief
Fall 1967 Issue 9.3
“Is There an Indigenous Jewish Theology?”
Spring - Summer 1967 Issue 9.1 and 9.2
Does Participation Imply Recognition?
Winter 1966 Issue 8.4
Spring-Summer 1964 Issue 6.2
The Rationality of Jewish Ethics
Spring 1963 Issue 5.2
Is Judaism an Optimistic Religion?
Fall 1961 Issue 4.1