Jeremy Rosen
An Eye for an Eye
Summary
Jeremy Rosen discusses the controversial concept of “an eye for an eye.” Some people see it as a cruel, vindictive, vengeful kind of punishment. Some people see it as symbolic. Some people see it as a statement of non-forgiveness. After looking at the history of the term and what it can be understood as, Rosen explores whether it has any relevance today.
Jeremy Rosen
Manchester-born Jeremy Rosen was educated at Cambridge University England and Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He has practiced as an orthodox rabbi, as principal of Carmel College in the UK, and as professor at the Faculty for Comparative Religion in Antwerp, Belgium. He has written and lectured extensively in the UK and the US, where he now resides and was the rabbi of the Persian-Jewish community in Manhattan.