Alan F. Segal

Alan F. Segal is professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University, and occupies the Ingeborg Rennert Chair for the Study of Judaism. He is the author of Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in the Religions of the West, Rebecca's Children, andPaul the Convert.

The Breakfast Table

Dec. 23 2005 3:17 PMDid Jesus Think He Was the Messiah?Alan F. Segal

The Breakfast Table

Dec. 21 2005 1:16 PMBelieve Only the EmbarrassingAlan F. Segal

The Breakfast Table

Dec. 22 2005 4:05 PMThe Woman Taken in AdulteryAlan F. Segal

News & Politics

Politics

March 1 2015 4:22 PM Capital Punishment The anti-death penalty crowd has a tough sell at CPAC. Betsy Woodruff

#MuckReads: Air Marshals Behaving Badly and Other Investigative Reporting

What Does the DHS Funding Fiasco Mean for John Boehner?

Boris Nemtsov Was Brusque, Impatient, and Rejected Everything That Vladimir Putin Represents

Netanyahu’s Speech in Congress Is a Revolting and Dangerous Gamble

Scott Walker Didn’t Compare Unions to ISIS. He Just Said Something Foolish.

The Next Big Climate Fight Will Be About How Much Meat You Eat

Why It’s Hard for Republican Presidential Candidates to Speak Honestly About Income Inequality

Business

Business Insider

Feb. 28 2015 10:00 AM Snapchat's Ambitious Plan to Become More Powerful Than TV Nicholas Carlson

Venmo Issues Apology for Security Shortcomings

Looks Like Uber Got Hacked

Venmo’s Terrible Excuse for Not Telling You When Someone Steals Your Money

Drugs and Prostitutes Are a Surprisingly Large Chunk of Italy’s Economy

The Two Women Behind The Dress Definitively Reveal Its Color

The Enormous Black-White Wealth Gap Is Getting Even Wider

Barnes & Noble’s College Bookstores Are Becoming Their Own Business

Life

Quora

March 1 2015 7:23 AM What Happens When You Copy or Scan a Mirror? Quora Contributor

Why Facebook’s Quest for Gender Sensitivity Is Doomed

This Bangkok Hotel Parking Lot Has an Impressive Fertility Shrine

This Brilliant Beehive Delivers Honey on Tap Without Stressing Out the Bees

A Tourist Map of Occupied Paris, Issued to German Soldiers During WWII

The Surprising History of Cute

How Does a Betta Fish Know When Food Is in Its Aquarium?

What We Talk About When We Talk About Aaron Schock

Double X

Doublex

Feb. 27 2015 4:15 PM The Hunting Ground The failures of a new documentary about rape on college campuses. Emily Yoffe

Todd Akin Is Thinking About Running for Senate. Legitimately.

This Drug for Binge-Eating Disorder May Be Shady. That Doesn’t Mean the Disease Isn't Real.

Why Do Women Vote Republican?

Women May Not Seek Help for Heart Attacks Because They Fear Being Seen as Hypochondriacs

Kim Gordon on Kurt Cobain, Breast Milk, and Discovering Thurston Moore’s Affair

Idaho Lawmaker Who Doesn’t Understand Female Anatomy Knows What’s Good for Women

The Gender Wage Gap Is Especially Terrible in Hollywood

Slate Plus

TV Club

March 1 2015 10:00 PM The Downton Abbey Podcast, Episode 9 The “let us chum one another” edition. Seth Stevenson and June Thomas

Josh Keating on His Favorite Reads From Slate This Week

Slate’s Copy Desk Awards Its Redline of the Month

Why Adults Shouldn’t Read YA (Audio)

Hang Up and Listen Bonus Segment: Another Chapter in Deflategate?

Arts

Books

March 1 2015 7:17 PM This Essay Was Due 25 Years Ago The role of shame in Tess of the D’Urbervilles, and the force of shame in my life. Elliott Holt

Watch the Women of SNL Embrace Sara Bareilles and Say What They Want to Say

Carly Rae Jepsen Achieves the Impossible, Makes a Song Catchier Than “Call Me Maybe”

Watch Dakota Johnson Join ISIS in This Divisive SNL Sketch

This New York City Neighborhood Was “Invisible” in the ’80s

How George Lois, ’60s Ad Man and Art Director, May Be the Real-Life Don Draper

Watch Kanye West Sing “Only One” in a Beam of Light on a Norwegian-Swedish Talk Show

Technology

Future Tense

Feb. 27 2015 6:19 PM Google's Plan for a New Googleplex Could Not Be Googlier Will Oremus

Post-Adware Disaster, Lenovo Is Trying to Clean Up Its Act

When Tech Companies Betray Consumers, Why Don’t They Own Up to It?

California Is Finally Getting Its Hyperloop. No, It Won’t Help Your Commute.