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Randy Rosenthal

Randy Rosenthal has a master’s degree in theological studies from Harvard University, where he teaches writing. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many other publications.

Zeal of the Convert

Zeal of the Convert

A new biography charts a Peruvian seeker’s spiritual quest

by Randy Rosenthal | Thursday, September 01, 2022
Kerouac at 100

Kerouac at 100

He led readers to bohemian rhapsodies, then Buddhism

by Randy Rosenthal | Thursday, March 10, 2022
Tales of Mercy and Sacrifice

Tales of Mercy and Sacrifice

An Italian scholar’s exploration of the Hebrew Bible

by Randy Rosenthal | Monday, January 24, 2022
God Enraged

God Enraged

The Bible’s many catastrophes see the divine as a source, not a solution

by Randy Rosenthal | Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Searching for Amos Oz in Jerusalem

Searching for Amos Oz in Jerusalem

The acclaimed novelist, who died in 2018, translated Israeli reality

by Randy Rosenthal | Monday, March 02, 2020

THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

The Story of a Stare Down

by Penelope Rowlands

Hilary Mantel, one of Britain’s most revered novelists, died this year at the age of 70. She is beloved for her sweeping Wolf Hall trilogy, for which she won two Booker Prizes. But long before rehabilitating Thomas Cromwell’s reputation, Mantel was unparalleled in her crystalline dissections of power, whether between girls at the University of London or Dantonists in the French Revolution. In honor of Mantel’s enormous contributions to literature, dive back into her Tudor world with Penelope Rowlands’s essay about one of the key power dynamics Mantel explored: that between Cromwell and Sir Thomas More.

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