ISBN:
9781644694299
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 606 pages
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2021
Series Statement:
Emunot: Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah
Uniform Title:
Dat ha-penimit
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Margolin, Ron Inner Religion in Jewish Sources
DDC:
204.01
Keywords:
Jewish philosophy 21st century
;
Judaism Philosophy
;
Hasidism Philosophy
;
Phenomenology
Abstract:
"Is Judaism essentially a religion of laws and commandments? Or do its sources reflect significant attempts at addressing the individual's inner life, existential crises and spiritual experiences? Inner Religion in Jewish Sources offers a comprehensive exploration of inner life in the Jewish sources from the Bible to rabbinic literature, from Medieval Jewish philosophy to Kabbalistic writings and the Hasidic world, where it gained particularly potent expressions. Addressing the issue from the perspective of comparative religion, it seeks to emphasize the commonality of processes of interiorization in various religious traditions, suggesting an innovative angle both in the study of religion and of religious thought. In doing so, it sheds new light on the inner aspect of Jewish religious life, which is all too often hidden behind the external and institutional aspects of the Jewish religion"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
