Translated Books — Rabbi Michael Abraham

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div dir=”ltr” style=”text-align:left;”>English translations of books by Rabbi Michael Abraham (mikyab.net). The translations on this site are AI-generated; each book is divided into chapters listed inside its own translation page. Professionally published English editions, when available, are listed in a separate section below.

The Analytic-Synthetic Quartet

A four-volume series exploring the contrast between the analytic and synthetic positions across Judaism, science, the human person, and law. The volumes are designed to be read in order, though each is largely self-contained.

1. Two Wagons and a Hot Air Balloon
   On Judaism and post-modernism — analytic and synthetic positions defined
2. A Presence and an Absence
   On science, religion, and myth
3. Like Grass
   On man: body and soul, emotion, intellect, and will
4. The Spirit of Law
   On the synthetic a priori in halakhic and general legal theory

Other Works

1. Roots Outstretched
   A study of Maimonides’ fourteen methodological roots in Sefer HaMitzvot
2. Mida Tova: Articles on the Hermeneutical Principles
   Two yearly cycles of 103 weekly essays on the Thirteen Hermeneutical Principles, organised by parshat ha-shavua
3. Mida Tova: Halakhic Thinking
   54 weekly shiurim from year 5766 on the principles of halakhic reasoning, organised by parshat ha-shavua

Other English Editions Available Elsewhere

Professionally translated English editions of Rabbi Avraham’s work, available outside this site:

• The Science of Freedom (מדעי החופש)
  A Hebrew philosophical perspective questioning the neuroscience of free will. Published English edition available on Amazon Kindle.

Faith Notebooks

A series of six notebooks examining the philosophical foundations of belief in God. Notebooks 1–3 cover the three classical Kantian categories of arguments; notebook 4 introduces an additional Kantian-derived argument; notebook 5 bridges from a philosophical God to religious and halakhic commitment.

1. Notebook 0 — Preface
   Introduction and methodological framework
2. Notebook 1 — The Ontological Argument
   A philosophical analysis of the ontological argument for the existence of God
3. Notebook 2 — The Cosmological Argument
   A philosophical analysis of the cosmological argument for the existence of God
4. Notebook 3 — The Physico-Theological Argument
   A philosophical analysis of the design argument for the existence of God
5. Notebook 4 — On Philosophical and Theological Arguments
   An additional Kantian-derived argument
6. Notebook 5 — From Deism to Theism
   Bridging from a philosophical God to religious and halakhic commitment