Evolution of Jewish Monotheism God Is One, From Antiquity to Modernity

In this book, David Michael Grossberg offers a fresh and illuminating perspective on the three-thousand-year history of Jewish monotheism by narrating the history of 'God is one' as a religious slogan from the ancient to the modern world. Although 'God is one' has been called Judaism's primary testimony of faith, its meaning has been obscure and contentious from its earliest emergence. From the Bible's acclamatory 'the Lord is one' to Philo of Alexandria's highest Word just secondary to God; from the Talmud's rejection of 'two powers in heaven' to the philosophers' First Existent who is one beyond unity; from the Kabbalists' ten-fold Godhead to Spinoza's one substance, this innovative history demonstrates the remarkable diversity encompassed by this deceptively simple Jewish statement of faith. Grossberg demonstrates how this diversity is unified in a continuous striving for knowledge of God that has been at the heart of Judaism from its earliest beginnings.

Info autore

David Grossberg is a sponsored researcher in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of Heresy and the Formation of the Rabbinic Community (2017) and co-editor of Genesis Rabbah in Text and Context (2016).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Michael Grossberg, David Michael (Cornell University Grossberg
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 28.02.2025
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo
• EAN: 9781009569194
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0956919-4
• Numero di pagine: 338
• Categorie: RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, CE period up to c 1500, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 BCE to start of CE period, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts