ISBN:
9781644696149
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 193 Seiten)
Year of publication:
2021
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Judaism Relations
;
Universalism
;
RELIGION / Judaism / Theology
;
Christianity
;
Jewish studies
;
Judaism
;
Maimonides
;
Torah
;
chosen people
;
converts
;
criticism
;
ethics
;
idolatry
;
inner nature
;
morality
;
others
;
particularism
;
philosophy
;
rabbinics
;
religion
;
theology
;
tradition
;
universalism
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204
;
Der Andere
;
Universalismus
;
Konversion
Abstract:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Jewish Voices Rejected; A Jewish Voice Affirmed -- 2. We Are Not Alone -- 3. Election/Chosen People -- 4. The Convert as the Most Jewish of Jews -- 5. Aher—Then, Now, and in the Future: Othering the Other in Judaism -- 6. Tolerance -- 7. Christianity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Abstract:
Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science. We Are Not Alone: A Maimonidean Theology of the Other uses Maimonides’ writings to address Jews of today who are perplexed by apparent contradictions between the morality of the Torah and their conviction that all human beings are created in the image of God and are the object of divine concern, that other religions have value, that genocide is never justified, and that slavery is evil. Individuals who choose to emphasize the moral and universalist elements of Jewish tradition can often find support in positions explicitly held by Maimonides or implied by his teachings. We Are Not Alone offers an ethical and universalist vision of traditionalist Judaism
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781644696149
