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Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh
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Author : David Birnbaum
language : en
Publisher: New Paradigm Matrix
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Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh written by David Birnbaum and has been published by New Paradigm Matrix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Philosophy categories.
The beating heart of all religious enterprise undertaken in the spiritof intellectual integrity is a riddle: how can a God who exists beyondthe ken of human beings—and outside of the spatial and temporalcoordinates that are the most basic of all factors that we bring to bearin our perception and evaluation of the world—how can such a Godbe known at all, let alone worshiped meaningfully?Classical Jewish sources approach the matter in different ways.The Bible, for example, takes a two-pronged approach, describingin some passages a God whom none can survive the experience ofseeing directly (Exodus 33:20) and with whom too close contact canphysically disfigure (Exodus 34:29), maim (Genesis 32:32), or evenkill (Leviticus 10:2), yet in others describing a God who appearsto individuals in a way that is neither terrifying nor inherentlydangerous. How to reconcile these contradictory approaches feelslike a serious desideratum, yet one left unaddressed by any biblicalauthor or text.But perhaps there is another way to approach the issue: couldthe contradiction be its own lesson, one intended to suggest thedifficulty—or even the near impossibility—that inheres in anyeffort at all to know God, or even to know of God? And, indeed,that lesson has an interesting concrete parallel in the description ofthe Holy of Holies, the inmost sanctum of the desert sanctuary in2 Martin S. Cohenwhich rested the Ark of the Covenant that held the tablets Mosesbrought down from Sinai (Deuteronomy 10:5, cf. 1 Kings 8:9). Thatspace was understood to be more intensely suffused with the presenceof the Almighty than any place on earth, but was also depicted as achamber without illumination of any sort other than the dim glowof the censor carried into it by the High Priest one single day of theyear. Could the resultant paradox—that the light of God’s presencein the world is imagined to exist most palpably in a room devoid oflight—be intended to suggest the challenge that inheres in the deephuman desire to know a God who cannot logically be known?In a certain sense, this very conundrum hides behind the oracularnature of the Bible itself: every single book of Scripture has the stampof prophecy imprinted on its text either explicitly or implicitly. Andthis is so despite the inherent impossibility of imagining how, if Godexists outside the limits of human perceptive consciousness, anythingabout God at all, let alone God’s own words, could ever successfullybe transmitted in any language rooted in human experience. Yet theBible, fully realized in human language, exists!And then there are the names of God themselves. The God ofIsrael appears throughout Scripture under many different names,which themselves also suggest this paradox of divine knowability andunknowability. Some of these names are widely known, while othersare obscure. Some appear to be built on Hebrew roots, while othersresist being analyzed linguistically. Some seem related to some specifickind of communion with the Divine, while others seem more alignedwith how people use their names to distinguish themselves from otherpeople—but without anyone supposing that the etymological root ofany individual’s name is a reliable indicator of that person’s characteror personality. In the end, the full collection of divine names bothilluminates and obscures, each one saying something of the God itnames but usually leaving more unstated than revealed.3 PrefaceThe title of this volume, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, is presented inScripture as a name of God. It appears in Scripture only once,at Exodus 3:14, where it has a mysterious feel that resists easyexplication, even though the words are not at all obscure linguisticallyand, indeed, can be taken as a straightforward sentence in relativelysimple Hebrew. Adding to the mystery, it also has a shorter form towhich Scripture alludes in the same verse (simply “Ehyeh”)—but itis not obvious if the long form is to be taken as an elaboration of thebasic shorter name or if the shorter name is merely an abbreviatedversion of the longer one. Nor is it clear how the narrative context ofthe passage sheds light on the meaning of the name, if it does: theEhyeh name is one of many things revealed by God to Moses at theburning bush, but it is not clear to what extent that name is tied tothat specific one of the prophet’s encounters with the Divine. Andit also seems noteworthy that both forms of the Ehyeh name (thelonger and the shorter one) appear only one time in all of Scripture;we never read of Moses obeying God’s direct command and actuallyusing that specific name when speaking to the people—a detail thatseems important, yet is neither resolved nor even noticed within thenarrative.Furthermore, there is something deeply suggestive of the divine“I” in the Ehyeh name—a detail that is lost in translation from theoriginal. Taken as a simple Hebrew verb, ehyeh is the imperfectfirst-person singular form of a common verbal root that generallydenotes existence or being: outside this specific context, the wordehyeh appears dozens of times in Scripture with the simple meaningof “I am” or “I shall be.” It therefore feels as though the Ehyeh nameshould suggest a deep level of intimacy with the Divine—the levelon which the relationship between Creator and created takes onsomething of the intimacy Buber described with his “I and Thou”terminology. But there are no biblical passages, even those describing4 Martin S. CohenGod as deeply involved in the lives of human beings, in which theEhyeh name is used to hint at a special level of closeness with theDivine. That too sounds as though it must be deeply meaningful…but what Scripture means by revealing a name suggestive of divineintimacy and then never using it is, again, a riddle. (Readers shouldnote that, in this volume, the Hebrew expression ehyeh asher ehyehis printed in italicized lower case letters, while the divine names“Ehyeh” and “Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh” are printed in Roman type andwith upper case initial letters.)The authors of the essays in this volume have taken on thechallenge of explaining this unique Hebrew phrase. They are adiverse lot, who bring to their work training and backgrounds inmany different fields. But what they have in common is a singulardevotion to the written word as a powerful vehicle for the sharingof spiritual ideas. Our authors have strong opinions, but no efforthas been made to bring those opinions in line with each other or toharmonize them within this volume. I feel sure that most, perhapseven all, our authors are in agreement about many things, but themission of the Mesorah Matrix series is to demonstrate how richan experience it can be to read a whole book of essays written bythoughtful, intelligent, scholarly, and deeply spiritual people seekingto grow personally through the act of writing essays such as these…and willing to invite others into that growth experience by makingtheir work available to the reading public.Unless otherwise indicated, all translations here are the authors’own work. Biblical citations of “NJPS” refer to the completetranslation of Scripture published under the title Tanakh: The HolyScriptures by the Jewish Publication Society in Philadelphia in 1985.I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the othersenior editors of the Mesorah Matrix series, David Birnbaum andBenjamin Blech, as well as Saul J. Berman, our associate editor.5 PrefaceAs always, I must also express my gratitude to the men andwomen, and particularly to the lay leadership, of the synagogue Iserve as rabbi, the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, New York.Possessed of the unwavering conviction that their rabbi’s literaryprojects are part and parcel of his service to them and, through them,to the larger community of those interested in learning about Judaismthrough the medium of the well-written word, they are remarkablysupportive of my literary efforts as author and editor. I am in theirdebt and am pleased to acknowledge that debt formally here andwhenever I publish my own work or the work of others.
Understanding Yhwh
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Author : Hillel Ben-Sasson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-12-11
Understanding Yhwh written by Hillel Ben-Sasson and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-11 with Religion categories.
This book unlocks the Jewish theology of YHWH in three central stages of Jewish thought: the Hebrew bible, rabbinic literature, and medieval philosophy and mysticism. Providing a single conceptual key adapted from the philosophical debate on proper names, the book paints a dynamic picture of YHWH’s meanings over a spectrum of periods and genres, portraying an evolving interaction between two theological motivations: the wish to speak about God and the wish to speak to Him. Through this investigation, the book shows how Jews interpreted God's name in attempt to map the human-God relation, and to determine the measure of possibility for believers to realize a divine presence in their midst, through language.
Moses And Abraham Maimonides
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Author : Diana Lobel
language : en
Publisher: Academic Studies PRess
Release Date : 2021-06-15
Moses And Abraham Maimonides written by Diana Lobel and has been published by Academic Studies PRess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-15 with Religion categories.
Moses Maimonides—a proud heir to the Andalusian tradition of Aristotelian philosophy—crafted a bold and original philosophical interpretation of Torah and Judaism. His son Abraham Maimonides is a fascinating maverick whose Torah commentary mediates between the philosophical interpretations of his father, the contextual approach of Biblical exegetes such as Saadya, and the Sufi-flavored illuminative mysticism of his Egyptian Pietist circle. This pioneering study explores the intersecting approaches of Moses and Abraham Maimonides to the spark of divine illumination and revelation of the divine name Ehyeh asher Ehyeh, “I am that I am / I will be who I will be.”
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Author : W. Gunther Plaut
language : en
Publisher: Central Conference of American Rabbis
Release Date : 1981
written by W. Gunther Plaut and has been published by Central Conference of American Rabbis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Bible categories.
One of the outstanding works of Reform Judaism.
A Topical Bible
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Author : Naomi E. Pasachoff
language : en
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
Release Date : 1996
A Topical Bible written by Naomi E. Pasachoff and has been published by Behrman House, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Bibles categories.
Theme are presented as well. some topics covered: repairing a damaged relationship, questioning Authority, sexual equality, identifying with suffering of others.
The Zohar
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2004
The Zohar written by and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Enoch From Antiquity To The Middle Ages
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Author : John C. Reeves
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
Enoch From Antiquity To The Middle Ages written by John C. Reeves and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Religion categories.
This volume provides a comprehensive set of core references to '1 Enoch'. It shows that the rich afterlives of Enochic texts and traditions can be studied more thoroughly by scholars of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity as well as by scholars of late antique and medieval religions.
Tetragrammaton Western Christians And The Hebrew Name Of God
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Author : Robert J. Wilkinson
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-02-04
Tetragrammaton Western Christians And The Hebrew Name Of God written by Robert J. Wilkinson and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-04 with History categories.
The Christian Reception of the Hebrew name of God has not previously been described in such detail and over such an extended period. This work places that varied reception within the context of early Jewish and Christian texts; Patristic Studies; Jewish-Christian relationships; Mediaeval thought; the Renaissance and Reformation; the History of Printing; and the development of Christian Hebraism. The contribution of notions of the Tetragrammaton to orthodox doctrines and debates is exposed, as is the contribution its study made to non-orthodox imaginative constructs and theologies. Gnostic, Kabbalistic, Hermetic and magical texts are given equally detailed consideration. There emerge from this sustained and detailed examination several recurring themes concerning the difficulty of naming God, his being and his providence.
The Kabbalah Code
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Author : James Twyman
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2009-10
The Kabbalah Code written by James Twyman and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Twyman explains why the ancient teachings of Kabbalah are as important today as they've ever been, and this work may be a first step in understanding its vast implications.
Best Jewish Sermons Of
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Best Jewish Sermons Of written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Jewish sermons categories.
