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Menachem Kellner : Jewish universalism / edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes

Ḳelner, Menaḥem, 1946- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava, 1950- [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Hughes, Aaron W., 1968- [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Diamond, James A., 1953- [Verfass. von Zusatztexten]

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015

xv, 196 Seiten ; 24 cm

Englisch

Heresy and the nature of faith in Medieval Jewish philosophy / Menachem M. KellnerMaimonides on the science of the Mishneh Torah: provisional or permanent? / Menachem M. Kellner -- Maimonides' "True religion": for Jews or all humanity? / Menachem M. Kellner -- We are not alone / Menachem M. Kellner -- Interview with Menachem M. Kellner / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson.

Die Vorlage enthält 1 Aufsatz von James A. Diamond über Menachem Kellner, 4 Aufsätze von Menachem Kellner, und 1 Interview von H. Tirosh-Samuelson mit Menachem Kellner. Bleich.. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196) and index

978-90-04-29827-9 ( : hbk : alk. paper); 978-90-04-29829-3 ( : pbk : alk. paper); 978-90-04-29828-6 (electronic)

978-90-04-29828-6 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2015016417

OCoLC: 957094839     

BD 1230      Ähnliche Literatur

B5802.U65

181/.06 ; 181.06

*Jüdische Philosophie ; Ḳelner, Menaḥem [1946-]      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Kellner, Menachem Marc -- 1946- ; Jewish philosophy -- 21st century ; Judaism and philosophy ; Universalism

"Menachem M. Kellner is an American-born scholar of Jewish philosophy, an educator, and a public intellectual who lives in Israel. For over three decades he taught at the University of Haifa, where he held the Sir Isaac and Lady Edith Wolfson Chair of Jewish Religious Thought as well as several high-level administrative positions. Currently he teaches Jewish philosophy at Shalem College, Israel's first liberal arts college, which seeks to integrate Western and Jewish texts. Trained in ethics and political philosophy, Kellner specializes in medieval Jewish philosophy, arguing that Maimonides' rationalist universalism should serve as the ideal for contemporary Jewish life. Creatively fusing Zionism, modern Orthodoxy, and democracy, his vision of Judaism is open to and engaged with the modern world"--

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"Menachem M. Kellner is an American-born scholar of Jewish philosophy, an educator, and a public intellectual who lives in Israel. For over three decades he taught at the University of Haifa, where he held the Sir Isaac and Lady Edith Wolfson Chair of Jewish Religious Thought as well as several high-level administrative positions. Currently he teaches Jewish philosophy at Shalem College, Israel's first liberal arts college, which seeks to integrate Western and Jewish texts. Trained in ethics and political philosophy, Kellner specializes in medieval Jewish philosophy, arguing that Maimonides' rationalist universalism should serve as the ideal for contemporary Jewish life. Creatively fusing Zionism, modern Orthodoxy, and democracy, his vision of Judaism is open to and engaged with the modern world"--