ISBN:
9780742546073
,
9780742546066
,
0742546071
,
0742546063
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 237 S
,
23 cm
Edition:
Second edition
Year of publication:
2006
Uniform Title:
Modern Jewish thinkers
DDC:
296.309/03
Keywords:
Judaism History Modern period, 1750-
;
Judaism History
;
Modern period, 1750-
;
Judentum
;
Philosophie
;
Aufklärung
;
Religiöse Identität
Abstract:
Baruch Spinoza's critique of traditional Judaism. Spinoza's life and times (1632-1677) -- Questions for Spinoza, Theological-political treatise, chapters 12-13 -- Studies by and about Spinoza -- From Theological-political treatise -- Moses Mendelssohn's defense of Judaism : between reason and revalation. Mendelssohn's life and times (1729-1786) -- Questions for Mendelssohn, Jerusalem, 103-10 -- Studies by and about Mendelssohn -- From Jerusalem -- Samson Raphael Hirsch's defense of Judaism : the reconciliation of modernity and the Mitzvot. Hirsch's life and times (1808-1888) -- Questions for Hirsch, The Nineteen letters on Judiasm, letter 16 -- Studies by and about Hirsch -- From The Nineteen letters on Judaism -- Abraham Geiger's defense of Judaism : continuity and change. Geiger's life and times (1810-1874) -- Questions for Geiger, Judaism and its history -- Studies by and about Geiger -- From Abraham Geiger and liberal Judaism: the challenge of the nineteenth century -- Martin Buber : restoring the Jewish individual. Buber's life and times (1878-1965) -- Questions for Buber, "People today and the Jewish Bible" -- Studies by and about Buber -- From "People today and the Jewish Bible" -- Franz Rosenzweig : from alienated existentialist to Ba'al Teshuvah. Rosenzweig's life and times (1886-1929) -- Questions for Rosenzweig, The star of redemption, 413-17 -- Studies by and about Rosenzweig -- From The star of redemption -- Theodor Herzl : a Jewish modernist from Western Europe. Herzl's life and times (1860-1904) -- Questions for Herzl, The Jewish state -- Studies by and about Herzl -- From The Jewish state -- Ahad Ha'am (Asher Zvi Ginzberg) : a Jewish modernist from Eastern Europe. Ahad Ha'am's life and times (1856-1927) -- Questions for Ahad Ha'am, "Flesh and spirit," 146-58 (from Leon Simon, Selected essays of Ahad Ha'am) -- Studies by and about Ahad Ha'am -- From "Flesh and spirit" -- Mordecai Kaplan : a secularist (re)constructs religion. Kaplan's life and times (1881-1983) -- Questions for Kaplan, "Functional method of interpretation," (from Judaism as a civilization, 385-405) -- Studies by and about Kaplan -- From Judaism as a civilization -- Israel Salanter : restoring "fear of Heaven" to human behavior. Salanter's life and times (1810-1883) -- Questions for Salanter, "Epistle of musar" -- Studies by and about Salanter -- From "Epistle of musar" -- Abraham Isaac Kook : mysticism and nationalism. Kook's life and times (1865-1935) -- Questions for Kook, "Lights for rebirth" (from Hertzberg, The Zionist idea, 419-30) -- Studies by and about Kook -- From Lights for bebirth -- Joseph Soloveitchik : halachah and existentialism. Soloveitchik's life and times (1903-1993) -- Questions for Soloveitchik, The lonely man of faith -- Studies by and about Soloveitchik -- From The lonely man of faith -- Abraham Joshua Heschel : universal Hasidism. Heschel's life and times (1907-1972) -- Questions for Heschel, "Depth theology" (from The insecurity of freedom) -- Studies by and about Heschel -- From "Depth theology" -- Conclusion : mending the worls/mending Israel
Description / Table of Contents:
Baruch Spinoza's critique of traditional Judaism. Spinoza's life and times (1632-1677) -- Questions for Spinoza, Theological-political treatise, chapters 12-13 -- Studies by and about Spinoza -- From Theological-political treatise -- Moses Mendelssohn's defense of Judaism : between reason and revalation. Mendelssohn's life and times (1729-1786) -- Questions for Mendelssohn, Jerusalem, 103-10 -- Studies by and about Mendelssohn -- From Jerusalem -- Samson Raphael Hirsch's defense of Judaism : the reconciliation of modernity and the Mitzvot. Hirsch's life and times (1808-1888) -- Questions for Hirsch, The Nineteen letters on Judiasm, letter 16 -- Studies by and about Hirsch -- From The Nineteen letters on Judaism -- Abraham Geiger's defense of Judaism : continuity and change. Geiger's life and times (1810-1874) -- Questions for Geiger, Judaism and its history -- Studies by and about Geiger -- From Abraham Geiger and liberal Judaism: the challenge of the nineteenth century -- Martin Buber : restoring the Jewish individual. Buber's life and times (1878-1965) -- Questions for Buber, "People today and the Jewish Bible" -- Studies by and about Buber -- From "People today and the Jewish Bible" -- Franz Rosenzweig : from alienated existentialist to Ba'al Teshuvah. Rosenzweig's life and times (1886-1929) -- Questions for Rosenzweig, The star of redemption, 413-17 -- Studies by and about Rosenzweig -- From The star of redemption -- Theodor Herzl : a Jewish modernist from Western Europe. Herzl's life and times (1860-1904) -- Questions for Herzl, The Jewish state -- Studies by and about Herzl -- From The Jewish state -- Ahad Ha'am (Asher Zvi Ginzberg) : a Jewish modernist from Eastern Europe. Ahad Ha'am's life and times (1856-1927) -- Questions for Ahad Ha'am, "Flesh and spirit," 146-58 (from Leon Simon, Selected essays of Ahad Ha'am) -- Studies by and about Ahad Ha'am -- From "Flesh and spirit" -- Mordecai Kaplan : a secularist (re)constructs religion. Kaplan's life and times (1881-1983) -- Questions for Kaplan, "Functional method of interpretation," (from Judaism as a civilization, 385-405) -- Studies by and about Kaplan -- From Judaism as a civilization -- Israel Salanter : restoring "fear of Heaven" to human behavior. Salanter's life and times (1810-1883) -- Questions for Salanter, "Epistle of musar" -- Studies by and about Salanter -- From "Epistle of musar" -- Abraham Isaac Kook : mysticism and nationalism. Kook's life and times (1865-1935) -- Questions for Kook, "Lights for rebirth" (from Hertzberg, The Zionist idea, 419-30) -- Studies by and about Kook -- From Lights for bebirth -- Joseph Soloveitchik : halachah and existentialism. Soloveitchik's life and times (1903-1993) -- Questions for Soloveitchik, The lonely man of faith -- Studies by and about Soloveitchik -- From The lonely man of faith -- Abraham Joshua Heschel : universal Hasidism. Heschel's life and times (1907-1972) -- Questions for Heschel, "Depth theology" (from The insecurity of freedom) -- Studies by and about Heschel -- From "Depth theology" -- Conclusion : mending the worls/mending Israel
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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