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Understanding Jewish theology; classical issues and modern perspectives.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Ktav Pub. House [1973]Description: x, 280 p. 23 cmISBN:
  • 0870682156
  • 9780870682155
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.3
LOC classification:
  • BM43 .N48
Contents:
Part I. The theological structure of classical Judaism -- i. God -- One God / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- God in search of man / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- ii. Torah -- "Not by bread alone" / Jakob J. Petuchowski -- Tradition and commentary / Gershom G. Scholem -- The study of Torah / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- iii. Israel -- God, Israel, and election / Solomon Schechter -- Judaism and the land of Israel / Arthur Hertzberg -- Part II. Torah : a way of living -- The meaning of observance / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- The ideological foundations of the Halakhah / David S. Shapiro -- Cleanness / Moses Hayyim Luzzatto -- The Shulhan Aruk : enduring code of Jewish law / Isadore Twersky -- Part III. Continuity and change in modern times -- i. God -- An outline of modern Jewish theology / Emil Fackenheim -- The human condition after Auschwitz / Emil Fackenheim -- Implications of the Holocaust / Jacob Neusner -- The meaning of God in modern Jewish religion / Mordecai M. Kaplan -- ii. Torah -- The ideology of the founders of Jewish scientific research / Max Wiener -- Who needs Yiddish? / Joseph C. Landis -- iii. Israel -- The Jewish people in metamorphosis / Moshe Davis -- The Jewish consensus / Ben Halpern -- The blessings of assimilation in Jewish history / Gerson D. Cohen -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Judaism in the secular age / Jacob Neusner.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. The theological structure of classical Judaism -- i. God -- One God / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- God in search of man / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- ii. Torah -- "Not by bread alone" / Jakob J. Petuchowski -- Tradition and commentary / Gershom G. Scholem -- The study of Torah / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- iii. Israel -- God, Israel, and election / Solomon Schechter -- Judaism and the land of Israel / Arthur Hertzberg -- Part II. Torah : a way of living -- The meaning of observance / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- The ideological foundations of the Halakhah / David S. Shapiro -- Cleanness / Moses Hayyim Luzzatto -- The Shulhan Aruk : enduring code of Jewish law / Isadore Twersky -- Part III. Continuity and change in modern times -- i. God -- An outline of modern Jewish theology / Emil Fackenheim -- The human condition after Auschwitz / Emil Fackenheim -- Implications of the Holocaust / Jacob Neusner -- The meaning of God in modern Jewish religion / Mordecai M. Kaplan -- ii. Torah -- The ideology of the founders of Jewish scientific research / Max Wiener -- Who needs Yiddish? / Joseph C. Landis -- iii. Israel -- The Jewish people in metamorphosis / Moshe Davis -- The Jewish consensus / Ben Halpern -- The blessings of assimilation in Jewish history / Gerson D. Cohen -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Judaism in the secular age / Jacob Neusner.

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