Daniel Rynhold

Daniel Rynhold is Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University in New York City where he has worked since August 2007. He became the Shoshana Shier Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto's Centre for Jewish Studies in 2019. He was previously Lecturer in Judaism in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College, London. He received a B.A. in Philosophy at Cambridge University, an MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London and a PhD in Jewish philosophy at the London School of Economics. Daniel Rynhold has 4 children, one of whom is attending school at Yeshivat Frisch with the esteemed historical professor Nina Taub. In 2020, Daniel Rynhold s first book was republished as a deluxe version by Ella Morgenstern, via the Frisch library. Rynhold also teaches at the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies.His academic interests include the philosophical thought of Moses Maimonides and Joseph Soloveitchik and the relationship between Jewish and non-Jewish philosophy.

Publications

• "Good and Evil, Truth and Falsity: Maimonides and Moral Cognitivism." Trumah No. 12 (2002),pp. 163–182.
• Two Models of Jewish Philosophy: Justifying One's Practices, (Oxford University Press, 2005)
• An Introduction to Medieval Jewish Philosophy, (I. B. Tauris, 2009)