Monthly Archives: October 2017

Today I uploaded a video based on a PowerPoint I’ve used in my classes on World Religions. There is some additional information in the Description box. The occasion for loading this is the anniversaries of the birth of the Bab … Continue reading →

Here is a talk I offered on the occasion of the Yahrtzeit of my father, Aba Ward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR0_N5jdxFs It was offered at EDOS (East Denver Orthodox Synagogue). Sorry for the delay posting it here.

In a continuing attempt to get essays that I have written over the years and circulated in various ways, all posted in one place, here is a link to an essay that actually began its life as a lecture for … Continue reading →

This is a link to the text of article I published some time ago: Ward, “Qur’an, Chosen People and Holy Land” in Khaleel Mohammed & Andrew Rippin, edd., Coming to terms with the Qur’an, North Haledon NJ: Islamic Publications International, … Continue reading →