{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Milton, Selden, and Harington: Scholars of the Hebraic Century","description":"The work of the major seventeenth century Christian Hebraists led to important advances in the development of the individual. As we learn more about this topic, we\u2019ll address the following questions:  How does Milton\u2019s knowledge of Midrash support his retelling of the Biblical stories in Paradise Lost? In what sense were Milton\u2019s views on marriage and divorce informed by his love of the individual? Why did Selden turn to the Talmud to try to and reconcile reason, natural law, and tradition?&amp;nbsp;  Grosby, Steven. &quot;Reading the Talmud in the Tower of London.&quot; Law &amp;amp; Liberty, July 2013.&amp;nbsp; Haivry, Ofir. John Selden and the Western Political Tradition. England: Cambridge University Press, 2021. ","author_name":"The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/545566","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39990145\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39990145"}