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Revelation and the God of Israel explores the concept of revelation as it emerges from the Hebrew Scriptures and is interpreted in Jewish philosophy and theology. The first part is a study in intellectual history that attempts to answer the question, what is the best possible understanding of revelation. The second part is a study in constructive theology and attempts to answer the question, is it reasonable to affirm belief in revelation. Here Norbert M. Samuelson focuses on the challenges given from a variety of contemporary academic disciplines, including evolutionary psychology, political ethics, analytic philosophy of religion, and source critical studies of the Bible. This important book offers a unique approach to theological questions and fresh solutions to them and will appeal to those interested in the history of philosophy, religious thought, and Judaism.
Sommario
Introduction; Part I. The God of Revelation: 1. The God of Israel; 2. The God of the philosophers; 3. The God of the theologians; 4. Franz Rosenzweig; Part II. Is the God of Revelation Believable?: 5. The challenges of political ethics; 6. The challenges of modern science; 7. The challenges of modern philosophy; 8. Are the Hebrew scriptures revealed?; Conclusion.
Info autore
Norbert M. Samuelson is the Harold and Jean Grossman Chair of Jewish Studies and Full Professor of Jewish Philosophy in the Religious Studies Department at Arizona State University. He is an internationally renowned scholar of Jewish philosophy and the author of six books including Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation (Cambridge, 1994 HB: 0521452147) and most recently A Users' Guide to Franz Rosenzweig's 'Star of Redemption '(1999).
Riassunto
Norbert M. Samuelson asks the question: what is the most reasonable possible conception of the doctrine of 'revelation' found in the sources of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) in the light of modern challenges from academic studies of evolutionary psychology, analytic philosophy and biblical history?
