Tradition vs. traditionalism : contemporary perspectives in Jewish thought.

Tradition vs. traditionalism : contemporary perspectives in Jewish thought.

This book is a first attempt to examine the thought of key contemporary Jewish thinkers on the meaning of tradition in the context of two models. The classic model assumes that tradition reflects lack of dynamism and reflectiveness, and the present's unqualified submission to the past. This vie...

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Main Author: Sagi, Avi.

Other Authors: Batya, Stein.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2008.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 197.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

Subjects:

Tradition (Judaism)
Tradition (Philosophy)
Jewish philosophy.

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Call Number: BM529 .S24 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • RETURNING TO TRADITION: PARADOX OR CHALLENGE
  • THE TENSE ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY
  • SOLOVEITCHIK: JEWISH THOUGHT CONFRONTS MODERNITY
  • COMPARTMENTALIZATION: FROM ERNST SIMON TO YESHAYAHU LEIBOWITZ
  • THE HARMONIOUS ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY
  • RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT IN A SECULARIZED WORLD: ELIEZER GOLDMAN
  • DAVID HARTMAN RENEWING THE COVENANT
  • BETWEEN OLD AND NEW JUDAISM AS INTERPRETATION
  • SCRIPTURE IN THE THOUGHT OF LEIBOWITZ AND SOLOVEITCHIK
  • HALAKHAH IN THE THOUGHT OF LEIBOWITZ AND SOLOVEITCHIK
  • ELIEZER GOLDMAN JUDAISM AS INTERPRETATION
  • "MY NAME'S MY DONORS' NAME"
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.