Religion and the Individual

Informationen zum Autor Louis Jacobs was Rabbi at New London Synagogue until his death in 2006. In the year of his death he was voted ""Greatest British Jew"" by a poll of Jewish Chronicle Readers conducted to mark the 350th anniversary of the entry of the Jews into England under Oliver Cromwell. His latest books, Jewish Preaching and Judaism and Theology, were both published in 2004. Klappentext Jacobs conducts a thorough survey of some of the most important instances where the individual is discussed in the Jewish religious tradition. Zusammenfassung Through a careful analysis of the primary texts! Jacobs conducts a thorough survey of some of the most important instances where the individual is discussed in the Jewish religious tradition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Individual significance; 2. Self-realization as a religious value; 3. Attitudes to life and death; 4. Family relationships; 5. Loving the neighbour; 6. Communal obligations; 7. God and the soul; 8. Does a person's body belong to God?; 9. Worship with the body; 10. God and personal freedom; 11. Immortality; 12. Conclusion: a question of emphasis; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Louis Jacobs, Jacobs Louis
• Mitarbeit: John Clayton (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 09.01.1992
• EAN: 9780521411387
• ISBN: 978-0-521-41138-7
• Abmessung: 158 mm x 236 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Judentum; Schule und Lernen > Unterrichtsvorbereitung > Berufliche Bildung