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Frank Herbert spent five books showing how faiths merge, mutate, and drift beyond recognition. Then, in Chapterhouse: Dune, he wrote in a community of Jews who had not changed at all. Abu and Leo gather critical takes from Jewish readers and scholars, then sit down with historian David Zvi Kalman to ask whether representation that gets things wrong can still be worth having.
This episode contains SPOILERS for all six of Frank Herbert's Dune novels, up through Chapterhouse: Dune!
IN THIS EPISODE
Rebecca, the Rabbi, and the deal the Bene Gesserit struck with a people nobody could find
Where Kwisatz Haderach actually comes from in Jewish mysticism, and why nobody knows how Herbert found it
A theory about Beverly Herbert's death, the to-do list she left behind, and what Daniel and Marty have to do with any of it
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
David Zvi Kalman's essay on the Jews of Dune: jellomenorah.com
David Zvi Kalman's podcast, Belief in the Future: podcasts.apple.com
Michael Weingrad, Jews of Dune: jewishreviewofbooks.com
Jonathan Weidenbaum, The Holy Versus the Sacred: doi.org
Leigh Kimmel's Chapterhouse Dune review: billionlightyearbookshelf.com
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This episode contains SPOILERS for all six of Frank Herbert's Dune novels, up through Chapterhouse: Dune!
IN THIS EPISODE
Rebecca, the Rabbi, and the deal the Bene Gesserit struck with a people nobody could find
Where Kwisatz Haderach actually comes from in Jewish mysticism, and why nobody knows how Herbert found it
A theory about Beverly Herbert's death, the to-do list she left behind, and what Daniel and Marty have to do with any of it
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
David Zvi Kalman's essay on the Jews of Dune: jellomenorah.com
David Zvi Kalman's podcast, Belief in the Future: podcasts.apple.com
Michael Weingrad, Jews of Dune: jewishreviewofbooks.com
Jonathan Weidenbaum, The Holy Versus the Sacred: doi.org
Leigh Kimmel's Chapterhouse Dune review: billionlightyearbookshelf.com
SUPPORT THE SHOW
Get ad-free episodes and more: patreon.com/gomjabbar
Say thank you with a tip: buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar
Buy custom-designed Dune merch: gomjabbar.shop
Watch video episodes and clips: youtube.com/@loreparty
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices