| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Sage of Love; Part I To Love and to be Loved; Chapter 2 From Her Love; Discovery by Virtue of Love; Marriage and Intellectual Development: Help or Hindrance; "What Is Mine and Yours Is Hers!"; Chapter 3 The Sage, Desire and Temptation; Two Beautiful Women in Rome; The Governor's Extremely Beautiful Wife; Chapter 4 Love to the Last Breath; "Is This the Torah and This Its Reward?!"; A Final Lesson in the Philosophy of Love; Socrates and His Companions Compared to Rabbi Akiva and His Students; Love to the Last Breath |
|
Part II Philosophy & Praxis of LoveChapter 5 Song of Songs; "My Dove, My Perfect One, Is but One": The Unique Nature of the Song of Love; The Sage of Love "Rescues" the Song of Songs; Guiding the World According to Song of Songs; Chapter 6 Harmony in Love; Ideas; In Practice; The Laws of Menstrual Impurity; Incompatible Marriage; Divorce and the Release of Deserted Wives (Agunot); The Ordeal of the Wayward Woman (Sotah); Chapter 7 "Love Your Fellow" as the Foundation of Human Socialisation; The Debate Regarding the Greatest Principle in the Torah |
|
Self-Love, Love of One's Fellow, Love of MankindTo Learn and to Teach, to Love and to Honour; Chapter 8 Optimism; Bereavement and Consolation; "and You Shall Love"-Whatever Measure He Metes Out to You; Beloved Is Suffering; All Is Foreseen and Freedom Is Granted; "that Is Why I Laugh"; Chapter 9 The Orchard of Love; Draw Me, We Will Run After You; The King Has Brought Me into His Chambers; Your Deeds Will Draw You Near and Your Deeds Will Distance You; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores the philosophy of love through the thought and life of Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph. Readers of the Talmud are introduced to Rabbi Akiva through the iconic story of his love for his wife Rachel. From this starting point, Naftali Rothenberg conducts a thorough examination of the harmonious approach to love in the obstacle-laden context of human reality. Discussing the deterioration of passion into simple lust, the ability to contend with suffering and death, and so forth, Rothenberg addresses the deepest and most pressing questions about human love. The readings and observations offered here allow readers to acquire the wisdom of love-not merely as an assemblage of theoretical arguments and abstract statements, but as an analysis of the internal contradictions and difficulties revealed in the context of attempts to realize and implement harmonious love |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychology and religion.
|
|
Religion and Psychology
|
|
Psychology and religion
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9783319581422 |
|
3319581422 |
|
