Greg Hurwitz

Mr. Hurwitz. Well, I'm honored to be here. My name's Greg Hurwitz. I'm a novelist and screenwriter. In Exodus, I felt a lot like I was at a table with chess grandmasters, which was really cool to see everybody's engagement and finding these jewels that had different interpretations and everybody, you know, except for Pajot, who never says anything fascinating.

Mr. Hurwitz. Well, I'm honored to be here. My name's Greg Hurwitz. I'm a novelist and screenwriter. In Exodus, I felt a lot like I was at a table with chess grandmasters, which was really cool to see everybody's engagement and finding these jewels that had different interpretations and everybody, you know, except for Pajot, who never says anything fascinating.

And I'd like to say that, you know, a shallow gaze might indicate that there's a lot of similarity among us. And one of the things that I thought was really compelling during Exodus was there's an enormous amount of differences, and that the text was really a welcome into the best of inquiry and hospitality. I thought it was incredibly productive.

And I'd like to say that, you know, a shallow gaze might indicate that there's a lot of similarity among us. And one of the things that I thought was really compelling during Exodus was there's an enormous amount of differences, and that the text was really a welcome into the best of inquiry and hospitality. I thought it was incredibly productive.

Part of why I'm here is that I think that intellect alone can't grasp the speed and complexity of the change that is upon us now. And unconscious projection. And I think that we're seeing the world burn down in some ways to fundamentals. You know, is man smarter than machine with AI? We have wars breaking out at the birthplace of original sin.

Part of why I'm here is that I think that intellect alone can't grasp the speed and complexity of the change that is upon us now. And unconscious projection. And I think that we're seeing the world burn down in some ways to fundamentals. You know, is man smarter than machine with AI? We have wars breaking out at the birthplace of original sin.

We're trying to redefine what it means to be a man, male versus female. And I think when we have that level of definitional collapse, we need to go back to forms of thinking and forms of meaning that are different, whether that is sacred, symbolic, spiritual, mythological, or religious. And going back to the source means we started with Exodus.

We're trying to redefine what it means to be a man, male versus female. And I think when we have that level of definitional collapse, we need to go back to forms of thinking and forms of meaning that are different, whether that is sacred, symbolic, spiritual, mythological, or religious. And going back to the source means we started with Exodus.

You know, a lot of us have been going back to or come from Plato and understanding of Plato. And all sources, all stories are not necessarily equal. And the Bible, this text to me, is a story, and the Gospels in particular, they're like a story with maximal truth. pressure applied. It's like, you know, carbon turned to a diamond, where it is fractal and pure.

You know, a lot of us have been going back to or come from Plato and understanding of Plato. And all sources, all stories are not necessarily equal. And the Bible, this text to me, is a story, and the Gospels in particular, they're like a story with maximal truth. pressure applied. It's like, you know, carbon turned to a diamond, where it is fractal and pure.

The amount of pressure generationally, historically, and spiritually on the story has condensed it into something that is impossible. And in some ways, the Gospels are, I think, well, in many ways, in many different ways, a perfect narrative. It's a hero story. It's structurally incredibly sound. It's shaped in extraordinary fashion, and it sets the conditions in a

The amount of pressure generationally, historically, and spiritually on the story has condensed it into something that is impossible. And in some ways, the Gospels are, I think, well, in many ways, in many different ways, a perfect narrative. It's a hero story. It's structurally incredibly sound. It's shaped in extraordinary fashion, and it sets the conditions in a

thriving and freedom of differences of nearly any other story. And so why I'm here in some ways is I think what we, in the spirit that we're all here, is this is an invitation of sorts to what is a sacred text, to those who might be intellectually reluctant or even have intellectual shame about engaging with a story in a book like this.

thriving and freedom of differences of nearly any other story. And so why I'm here in some ways is I think what we, in the spirit that we're all here, is this is an invitation of sorts to what is a sacred text, to those who might be intellectually reluctant or even have intellectual shame about engaging with a story in a book like this.

And a lot of people might be familiar with this sort of light shown through Shakespeare or blasting in the Ode to Joy or in the words of MLK, these sort of safer reflections for the Enlightenment or secular mind. And this, of course, is the rock on which Western civilization is built.

And a lot of people might be familiar with this sort of light shown through Shakespeare or blasting in the Ode to Joy or in the words of MLK, these sort of safer reflections for the Enlightenment or secular mind. And this, of course, is the rock on which Western civilization is built.

And I think we're here not just to take it seriously, but to apply our serious attention, which means radical openness and also radical judgment in holding this up as a story against which other stories should be compared if we're borrowing back to what a foundational narrative should be.

And I think we're here not just to take it seriously, but to apply our serious attention, which means radical openness and also radical judgment in holding this up as a story against which other stories should be compared if we're borrowing back to what a foundational narrative should be.

I think it dovetails too within space and time. It's very interesting, Douglas, you said that in the word for beginning is God, right? And so this goes into, John, you know, the discussion of, well, what is a cup, right? A cup is, it's designed for a certain purpose. It is also the purpose and the end of it is also what it's intended to be.

I think it dovetails too within space and time. It's very interesting, Douglas, you said that in the word for beginning is God, right? And so this goes into, John, you know, the discussion of, well, what is a cup, right? A cup is, it's designed for a certain purpose. It is also the purpose and the end of it is also what it's intended to be.