Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner's Theology of Meaning : The World Was Created for Me" Studies in Musar Series, Volume 2" /

Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner's Theology of Meaning : The World Was Created for Me" Studies in Musar Series, Volume 2" /

Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner's Theology of Meaning explores the profound, enigmatic, and novel thought of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner, combining innovative analysis with rigorous textual and historical research. Through a reconstruction of his intellectual biography and the conceptual framework underlying h...

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Main Author: Shalev, Alon (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025
Studies in Jewish History and Culture ; 81/2.

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Hutner, Isaac, > 1906-1980 > Philosophy.
Rabbis > New York (State) > New York > Biography.

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Call Number: BM755.H87

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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Rabbi Hutner - the Early Years
  • 1.1 Youth 1906-1928
  • 1.2 Years of Wandering: 1928-1934
  • 2 Rabbi Hutner - the Later Years
  • 2.1 First Steps on American Soil - 1934-1938
  • 2.2 The Rosh Yeshiva - 1938-1964
  • 2.3 The Final Years of Wandering: 1964-1980
  • 2.4 Concluding Biographical Remarks
  • 3 Pachad Yitzchak - Historical-Bibliographical Analysis
  • 3.1 On Authoring
  • 3.2 On Esoteric Writing
  • 3.3 On Publication
  • 4 The Intellectual Infrastructure of Pachad Yitzchak
  • 4.1 Teleology I: Anthropocentrism
  • 4.2 Teleology II: Theocentrism
  • 4.3 Dualism
  • 4.4 Eschatology
  • 4.5 Intellectual Infrastructure in Sum: Existence and Significance as the Foundations of Rabbi Hutner's Thought
  • 5 Existence, Significance, and Singularity - the Core of Pachad Yitzchak
  • 5.1 Authenticity and Meaning
  • 5.2 Yeḥidut: Hutnerian Authenticity
  • 5.3 Ḥashivut: Hutnerian Meaning
  • 5.4 A Theologian Searching for Meaning, with Existentialist Tendencies
  • 6 Torah and Secular Knowledge in Rabbi Hutner's Thought
  • 6.1 Distinct Domains: Torah and Science
  • 6.2 "Prevention of Supremacy": Secular Studies
  • 7 Post-existentialist Theology
  • 7.1 Being-towards-Death
  • 7.2 Rabbi Hutner and Futural Projection
  • 7.3 Perpetuality, Eternity, and Truth
  • 7.4 Being-towards-Eternity
  • 8 Rabbi Hutner and His Sources
  • 8.1 Musar
  • 8.2 Hasidism
  • 8.3 Kabbalah
  • 8.4 Hutnerian Religious Naturalism
  • 8.5 Rabbi Hutner the Exegete
  • 9 Conclusion - Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner's Thought and Legacy
  • Bibliography
  • Index.