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Arye
Baratz was born in 1952 in Moscow.
In
1976 he graduated from the Biological Department of the 2nd Moscow State
Medical School.
During his studies at the medical school, Baratz also attended philosophy seminars
held by Chernyak, Turovsky and the late Silvestrov.
Between
1993 and 1996 Arye Baratz was enrolled at the Beit Morasha of Jerusalem: The Academic
Center for Jewish Studies and Leadership.
In
the 1980s Baratz wrote “The Single Testament” that was published
in a clandestine samizdat edition (and partially reprinted in 1991 by
“Prometei” Publishers). The theme of the book was the dialogue
between Judaism and Christianity, and the continuity between secular culture
and the Christian Church.
“The
Phenomenon of Judaism” written in 1990 focused on the specifics in the
interrelationship of Judaism and secular culture.
Following
his emigration to Israel
in 1992 Arye Baratz has written hundreds of journalistic essays and
theological-philosophical articles for the largest Russian-language Israeli
newspaper “Vesti”. For the past five years Baratz has been a
regular contributor to the Vesti “Jewish Life” column, where he
presents the Jewish viewpoint within the broader context of other world
religions and the secular culture.
In
1994 the Jewish University in Moscow
published Arye Baratz’ “The Faces of the Torah”, where the
author offers different readings of the Torah and his autobiographical
narrative. He has later revised and made substantial additions to this book,
which views Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and
Margarita” as a key to the Kabalistic interpretation of European
literature.
In
1998 the Jerusalem
Publishing Center
produced “The Presumption of Humanity” – Arye Baratz’
study of European culture in a Judaic context. In 2004 the Gesharim produced
“Two Names of the God”. Over the past several years Baratz has
written a number of other still unpublished books.
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