Daniel Rynhold
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Yeshiva University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Daniel Rynhold is associate professor in modern Jewish philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and director of the Revel doctoral program, having arrived on these shores from London, England, in August 2007. Educated at the universities of Cambridge and London, Dr. Rynhold had previously been a lecturer in Judaism in the department of theology and religious studies at King’s College London, a position he had held since 2001. This followed two years as a lecturer at the renowned Jews’ College of London.
Research Interest
Research Interests: Modern Jewish philosophy; ta'amei ha-mitzvot and the nature of practical justification; Moses Maimonides; Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik; Modern philosophy; Friedrich Nietzsche.
Publications
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Rynhold D (2013) Letting the facts get in the way of a good thesis: On Interpreting Rav Soloveitchik’s Philosophical Method. Torah U-Madda Journal.
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Rynhold D (2012) Perspectivism and the Absolute: Soloveitchik’s Epistemological Pluralism. Revue Internationale de Philosophie.
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Rynhold D (2012) Unity, Plurality and Human Limits: Secularism in the Thought of Rav Kook.Straus Center Collection.
