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1 online resource (308 pages) |
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Routledge Jewish Studies Series |
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Routledge Jewish studies series.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: holistic study of Judaism -- 1 The tree of knowledge: limits of God's power over chaos -- 2 Afflictions of love: rabbinic moral psychology -- 3 Cosmological Halakha: Maimonides's ethico-theology -- 4 Theosophic Torah: a kabbalist theory of justice -- 5 Before the law: Buber and Levinas -- totality vs. transcendence -- 6 Concluding Reflections -- Postscript: Can Judaism become archaic? -- Appendix 1: Translations of tamim in KJV -- Appendix 2: Partial translations of sections from Hilkhot DeĘżot -- Index |
| Summary |
"The term Ethical Monotheism is an important marker in Judaism's tumultuous transition into the modern era. The term emerged in the context of culture-wars concerning the question of whether or not Jews could or should become emancipated citizens of modern European states. It appeared in arguments whether or not Judaism could be considered a Religion of Reason--a symbolic, motivational representation of a universal morality, and in debates about whether or not Judaism could or should reform itself into a Religion of Reason. This book is both a decisive departure from such discussions and an attempt to add a further, post-modern, statement to their ongoing development. As departure, it refuses to take for granted a philosophical conception of Religion of Reason as the standard for Ethical Monotheism according to which Judaism was to be evaluated or reformed. As continuation, the book undertakes a phenomenology of Jewish modes of ethical religiosity that allows it to inquire what kind of ethical monotheism Judaism might be. Through sophisticated analysis of select "snapshots," or "fragments of a hologram," guided by a robust theory of religion, the author discloses Judaic ethical monotheism as an ongoing wrestling with the meaning of justice. By closely examining five main "snapshots" of this long process--the Bible, rabbinic Judaism, Maimonides, The Zohar, and the modern philosophers, Buber and Levinas--the author offers his own constructive philosophy of Judaism and his own distinctive philosophy of religion"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jewish ethics -- Philosophy
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Religion and ethics.
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Monotheism.
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God (Judaism)
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Jewish philosophy.
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monotheism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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God (Judaism)
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Jewish philosophy
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Monotheism
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Religion and ethics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351263955 |
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1351263951 |
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9781351263948 |
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1351263943 |
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9781351263962 |
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135126396X |
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9781351263931 |
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1351263935 |
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