Judaism Examined
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Judaism Examined
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Author : Moshe Sokol
language : en
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Release Date : 2013
Judaism Examined written by Moshe Sokol 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 2013 with Jewish ethics categories.
This volume of essays examines key themes in Jewish philosophy and ethics from the rigorous perspective of philosophical analysis. The first set of essays takes up the challenge of living a Jewish life, and includes essays on pleasure, joy, human suffering, Jewish ritual practice and the philosophical life. The second set of essays analyzes the value and meaning of autonomy, human freedom and tolerance in Jewish thought, crucial themes in western political thought and life. Other essays in the volume examine the many meanings of Jewish texts, and such crucial issues in applied Jewish ethics as ecology, medical ethics, and justified homicide. Finally, a number of essays plumb the depths of one of the most influential and creative Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Taken as a whole, this volume advances the engagement of classical Jewish themes with Anglo-American philosophy, shedding new light both on the Jewish tradition, and on the western philosophical enterprise.
We Have Reason To Believe
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Author : Louis Jacobs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
We Have Reason To Believe written by Louis Jacobs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Religion categories.
This book examines the basic beliefs of Judaism in light of modern thought. Its shape is traditional but not fundamentalist. This book, the main cause of the 'Jacobs Affair' in which the author's appointment to an Orthodox Rabbinic position was vetoed, suggests that the doctrine Torah Min Ha-Shamayyin (The Torah is from Heaven) needs to be reinterpreted so as not to be in conflict with modern knowledge. The controversy erupted again in the 1990s when Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks declared that those who hold views similar to the author's have severed links with the faith of their ancestors. This expanded fifth edition, with a Preface by William Frankel and a Retrospect of the 'Jacobs Affair' by the author, will enable readers to follow the argument and make up their own minds. In a recent poll conducted by the (London) Jewish Chronicle, Louis Jacobs was chosen as the 'Greatest British Jew.'
Blasphemy And Exaltation In Judaism And The Final Examination Of Jesus
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Author : Darrell L. Bock
language : en
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date : 1998
Blasphemy And Exaltation In Judaism And The Final Examination Of Jesus written by Darrell L. Bock and has been published by Mohr Siebeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Law categories.
Darrell L. Bock examines the historical-cultural background to one of the most significant moments in religious history, the final Jewish examination of Jesus as presented in Mark 14:61-64. He traces the history of interpretive debate surrounding this controversial text and notes that a consensus is emerging that the key statement is the discussion of exaltation using Ps. 110:1 and Dan 7:13. So the author engages in two detailed treatments of the themes of blasphemy and exaltation within Judaism. He works from the Hebrew Scriptures all the way through the rabbinic materials, including both Talmuds and the Midrashim. The study represents the first thorough treatment of blasphemy from this material and examines over 150 texts on this theme. Particular attention is given to whether blasphemy is merely verbal misuse of the divine name or can include the presence of certain statements or acts that are deemed offensive to God's honor. It is noted that these additional categories exist in the culture and are present in a variety of texts that are contemporaneous to the period with examples from Josephus and Philo being predominant. Then the attention turns to the theme of exaltation. A specific concern here is who gets to go directly into God's presence. What do they do? How long are they there? Are there obstacles to their presence? Is there opposition to these kinds of portrayals? Here the key texts include the Exagoge of Moses, the Enoch-Son of Man portrait of 1 Enoch and the Metatron portrait of 3 Enoch. This background is then applied to the study of Mark 14, first as an expression of Mark's message and then to the historical portrait of the scene.
An Understanding Of Judaism
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Author : John D. Rayner
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 1997-12
An Understanding Of Judaism written by John D. Rayner and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-12 with Religion categories.
This is the first of two volumes of edited sermons spanning the greater part of the second half of the twentieth century, and the first major collection of sermons from a Liberal Jewish point ofview produced in Britain since Claude G. Montefiore's Truth in Religion of 1906. It combines forthrightly radical thinking with spirituality, love of Jewish tradition, and an abundance of carefully documented quotations from classical Jewish sources. This combination yields many fresh insights into the interpretation of Scripture, as examined in Part I, and the significance ofthe Jewish festivals dealt with in Part II, and brings out the relevance of both to present-day intellectual and social issues. Both Parts will be found to contain many original ideas, novel formulations, and occasional touches of humour.
Judaism And Scripture
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Author : Jacob Neusner
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2003-09-08
Judaism And Scripture written by Jacob Neusner and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-08 with Religion categories.
This groundbreaking work continues Jacob Neusner's multi-volume examination of the main texts of Judaism in its formative years. The first two parts of the project--'Judaism: The Evidence of the Yerushalmi'--examined the Mishnah and the Talmud of the Land of Israel and placed them in the social, intellectual, and religious contexts of their time. In 'Judaism and Scripture' Neusner moves from the study of ancient Judaism in society at large to an analysis of Rabbinic Judaism in relation to Scripture itself. Neusner accomplishes this both through close analysis and through the first English translation of the critical text of the Leviticus Rabbah. Tracing the relationship between the actual Book of Leviticus and its rabbinic commentary, Neusner asks how the rabbis who stand behind the text make use of Leviticus and how, through their comments on it, they make intelligible and comprehensible statements of their own. In answering these two questions Neusner shows, through a prime example, exactly how Scripture enters Judaism and how rabbis of the formative age of Judaism chose and taught the lessons they deemed critical to the life of Israel, the Jewish people.
How To Measure A World
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Author : Martin Shuster
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-06
How To Measure A World written by Martin Shuster and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Religion categories.
What does it mean to wonder in awe or terror about the world? How do you philosophically understand Judaism? In How to Measure a World?: A Philosophy of Judaism, Martin Shuster provides answers to these questions and more. Emmanuel Levinas suggested that Judaism is best understood as an anachronism. Shuster attempts to make sense of this claim by alternatively considering questions of the inscrutability of ultimate reality, of the pain and commonness of human suffering, and of the ways in which Judaism is entangled with the world. Drawing on phenomenology and Jewish thought, Shuster offers novel readings of some of the classic figures of Jewish philosophy while inserting other voices into the tradition, from Moses Maimonides to Theodor W. Adorno to Walter Benjamin to Stanley Cavell. How to Measure a World? examines elements of the Jewish philosophical record to get at the full intellectual scope and range of Levinas's proposal. Shuster's view of anachronism thereby provokes an assessment of the world and our place in it. A particular understanding of Jewish philosophy emerges, not only through the traditions it encompasses, but also through an understanding of the relationship between humans and their world. In the end, Levinas's suggestion is examined theoretically as much as practically, revealing what's at stake for Judaism as much as for the world.
The Fundamental Principles Of Modern Judaiam Investigated
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Author : Moses Margoliouth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1843
The Fundamental Principles Of Modern Judaiam Investigated written by Moses Margoliouth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1843 with Judaism categories.
Reform Judaism Examined
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 19??
Reform Judaism Examined written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 19?? with Reform Judaism categories.
The Jews As A Chosen People
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Author : S. Leyla Gurkan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-12-05
The Jews As A Chosen People written by S. Leyla Gurkan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-05 with Religion categories.
The concept of the Jews as a chosen people is a key element of the Jewish faith and identity. This book explores the idea of chosenness from the ancient world, through modernity and into the Post-Holocaust era. Analysing a vast corpus of biblical, ancient, rabbinic and modern Jewish literature, the author seeks to give a better understanding of this central doctrine of the Jewish religion. She shows that although the idea of chosenness has been central to Judaism and Jewish self-definition, it has not been carried to the present day in the same form. Instead it has gone through constant change, depending on who is employing it, against what sort of background, and for what purpose. Surveying the different and sometimes conflicting interpretations of the doctrine of chosenness that appear in Ancient, Modern, and Post-Holocaust periods, the dominant themes of ‘Holiness’, ‘Mission’, and ‘Survival’ are identified in each respective period. The theological, philosophical, and sociological dimensions of the question of Jewish chosenness are thus examined in their historical context, as responses to the challenges of Christianity, Modernity, and the Holocaust in particular. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Jewish Studies, the Holocaust, religion and theology.
Antisemitism Historically And Critically Examined
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Author : Hugo Valentin
language : en
Publisher: New York : Viking Press
Release Date : 1936
Antisemitism Historically And Critically Examined written by Hugo Valentin and has been published by New York : Viking Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Antisemitism categories.