Claussen's article was published in the February 2023 issue of The Journal of Scriptural Reasoning.
Geoffrey Claussen, associate professor of religious studies, Lori and Eric Sklut Scholar in Jewish Studies and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Elon University, published an article in the February 2023 issue of The Journal of Scriptural Reasoning titled “Moses and the Kid, Judah and the Calf, and the Disavowal of Compassion: Reading Rabbinic Stories with The Question of the Animal and Religion.”
This article draws on Aaron Gross’s book “The Question of the Animal and Religion” in analyzing two rabbinic stories regarding compassion for animals: