An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers - Print on Demand

Informationen zum Autor By Alan T. Levenson Klappentext Highlighting well-known Jewish thinkers from a very wide spectrum of opinion the author addresses a range of issues including: What makes a thinker Jewish? What makes modern Jewish thought modern? How have secular Jews integrated Jewish traditional thought with agnosticism? What do Orthodox thinkers have to teach non-Orthodox Jews and vice versa? Zusammenfassung Highlighting well-known Jewish thinkers from a very wide spectrum of opinion the author addresses a range of issues including: What makes a thinker Jewish? What makes modern Jewish thought modern? How have secular Jews integrated Jewish traditional thought with agnosticism? What do Orthodox thinkers have to teach non-Orthodox Jews and vice versa? Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Acknowledgments 2 Introduction Part 3 PART ONE - MODERN JUDAISM: ATTACK AND DEFENSE Chapter 4 SAMSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH'S DEFENSE OF JUDAISM: THE RECONCILIATION OF MODERNITY AND THE MITZVOT Chapter 5 BARUCH SPINOZA'S CRITIQUE OF TRADITIONAL RELIGION Chapter 6 MOSES MENDELSSOHN'S DEFENSE OF JUDAISM: BETWEEN REASON AND REVELATION Chapter 7 ABRAHAM GEIGER'S DEFENSE OF JUDAISM: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE Part 8 PART TWO - RECOVERING TRADITION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY Chapter 9 MARTIN BUBER: RESTORING THE JEWISH INDIVIDUAL Chapter 10 FRANZ ROSENZWEIG: FROM ALIENATED EXISTENTIALIST TO BA'AL TESHUVAH Chapter 11 THEODOR HERZL: A JEWISH MODERNIST FROM WESTERN EUROPE Chapter 12 AHAD HA'AM (ASHER ZVI GINZBERG): A JEWISH MODERNIST FROM EASTERN EUROPE Chapter 13 MORDECAI KAPLAN: A SECULARIST (RE)CONSTRUCTS RELIGION Part 14 PART THREE - RECOVERING KEDUSHAH (THE SACRED) IN A PROFANE AGE 15 ISRAEL SALANTER: RESTORING "FEAR OF HEAVEN" TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR 16 ABRAHAM ISAAC KOOK: MYSTICISM AND NATIONALISM 17 JOSEPH SOLOVEITCHIK: HALACHAH AND EXISTENTIALISM 18 ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL: UNIVERSAL HASIDISM 19 CONCLUSION (MENDING THE WORLD/MENDING ISRAEL) 20 Index 21 About the Author...

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• Authors: Alan T. Levenson
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2006
• EAN: 9780742546073
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4607-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories