Michael Shapiro

Living a Purposeful Life

Philosophy

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Oedipus in Jerusalem

Arts & Literature

“In [this] engaging philosophical fantasy, ancient Greek views of fate and moral responsibility, as represented in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, are subjected to a withering critique from a Jewish perspective when the tragic hero meets Nathan the Prophet, who appeals to the Sanhedrin to render judgment in the case. Kaplan's contrast of Judaic and Hellenic modes of thought is deeply informed and cogently presented.”